RE: gum prints on gessoed aluminum
What a beautiful image (gessotest6)! I like the tone and grain, but I am a big fan of grain.--Rene -----Original Message----- From: Keith Gerling [mailto:keith.gerling@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:44 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: gum prints on gessoed aluminum I'm flailing around trying different combinations. I tried this heavily-pigmented gum on gessoed plywood. After an hour in water, the highlights were finally starting to flake off. Nothing would clear in the traditional sense, although there was no stain and the emulsion was quite fragile. I sprayed it with reckless abandon and I got this mess: http://www.gumphoto.com/gessotest6.jpg up close it is pretty clumsy, but viewed across the room it takes form like an impressionist painting. If you squint at it, it almost looks sharp. Amazing thing, gum! Even failures can be nice. 2008/11/3 Keith Gerling <keith.gerling@gmail.com>: > I made these prints today. > > http://www.gumphoto.com/gessotest4.jpg > http://www.gumphoto.com/gessotest5.jpg > > 1) 1 coat plain Art Boards gesso > 2) 1 coat 1 to 1 Art Boards gesso and ground pumice (thinned with > water) > 3) sized with glut-hardened gelatin > 4) two coats of gum (I'm shooting for 1 coat, but I'm way out of practice) > > the graininess is in the negative - shot at very high ISO and the > negative is un-oiled paper >
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