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RE: tri-color & oil print



Henk, very very nice prints!

I love the Marrkech, an oil print so well executed! 

And MAASEIK1 is a tri-color what? Gum?


Dave  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: henk thijs [mailto:henk.thijs@hetnet.nl] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:40 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: tri-color & oil print
> 
> .... still working -like mad- for my exhibition next month.
> 
> The oilprint (the dentist in Marrakech) is done with a base 
> of lith- ink Vermillion and to stiff it adding pure pigment 
> Cad Red 'M'.
> 
> http://www.thijs-foto.com/newDESIGN/MARRAKECH.jpg
> 
> The tri-color : a few of the famous terracotta warriors from 
> China (seen in MAASEIK Belgie)
> 
> http://www.thijs-foto.com/newDESIGN/MAASEIK1.jpg
> 
> Cheers,
> Henk
> 
> ps: Judy, not only the paperbasket is one of my main 
> 'targets'; also mixing my colors can end up in a real mess...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 dec 2008, at 4:03, Judy Seigel wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, henk thijs wrote:
> >
> >>>> On 5 dec 2008, at 16:14, Diana Bloomfield wrote:
> >>>>> These are beautiful, Henk.  I love looking at your work; thanks 
> >>>>> for posting these.  I especially like the one-color.  
> Was it just 
> >>>>> one coat, one color, or multiple coats, one color?
> >
> > Ditto ditto ditto on Diana's praise... plus a question... 
> Henk: you  
> > say if you don't like the color you've mixed "down the drain."   
> > Does that mean you can tell from the mix before printing, or do you 
> > mean after you've done a coat?  I find the color seems to 
> change after 
> > exposure and development... (tho that may be just my eyesight).
> >
> > And the Paris street scene was one coat only?   Wow !
> >
> > best & again, kudos...
> >
> > J.
> 
> 
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