Re: exhibit

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

Lovely tricolor gum print, Diana.  And very nice work from Rita as  
well.  Thanks for telling us about this.
katharine

On Oct 3, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Diana Bloomfield wrote:

> I thought I'd mention, especially for anyone who might be in the  
> Philadelphia area, that both Rita Bernstein and I are in a small  
> group show with 4 other folks at the Nexus Foundation in  
> Philadelphia, which opens October 9.  It's called "Toyland," which  
> features images by photographers who use toy cameras for much of  
> their work.  I *think* Rita and I are the only two who are showing  
> alt process work.  Rita is showing her prints that are silver  
> emulsion on Japanese gampi paper (amazing work), and I'm showing  
> all tri-color gum prints.  So, if you're in the area, do stop in.   
> In connection with the exhibit, Project Basho is hosting a panel  
> discussion with the artists on October 17, and I'm also scheduled  
> to teach a toy camera workshop that same weekend (Oct 18-19).
> http://www.nexusphiladelphia.org/toyland.html
>
> I also just wanted to thank all the folks here who've written about  
> gum-printing-- either posted about it here or elsewhere (or posted  
> their inspiring images), as well as those who answered all my never- 
> ending questions off-list-- a major help when printing this work!    
> I don't think I would have ever attempted gum-printing had I not  
> taken Kerik's gum over pt/pd workshop at Project Basho.  I was  
> getting somewhat bored with straight pt/pd prints, and the added  
> element of gum made it seem fresh again.  But I really like the  
> process itself, despite the time it takes (and it's so much cheaper  
> than pt/pd!).
>
> Diana