Re: gum on wood panel

[Jim Larimer <jrlarimer@gmail.com>]

Nicely done, Keith!  Do you use 1/2" ply? Open grain or smooth?

 

Jim

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Keith Gerling <keith.gerling@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Jake,

The print is four layers from three paper negatives:  1st coat
magenta, then yellow, then cyan, then another layer using the magenta
negative with higher contrast coating of burnt umber.  Everything is
registered with an old icepick and I use thumbtacks on the sides of
the half-inch wood to keep it all together until I plop a heavy piece
of coffee-table glass (30 bucks at Hobby Lobby) on top of it under the
NuArc light source.  Developed conventionally by floating face down in
a tray of water.  Using a hair dryer to hasten the process, the entire
print was completed Saturday.

Thanks for your comments!

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Jake Urben <scienceman200@comcast.net> wrote:
> I wouldn't risk messing it up.  Great print though
> Did you paint the unexposed pigment onto the wood and then pin the negative
> on? The pinpricks aren't to noticeable by the way
> Good Job
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Gerling [mailto:keith.gerling@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:54 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: gum on wood panel
>
> I made this Valentine's Day present for my wife on Saturday.  It is a
> picture of our son, a four layer gum print on 16x24 inch wood panel.
> It is still just a tad too low in dmax, but out of fear I might mess
> it up with another layer, I'm  going to leave it as-is.  In the
> corners you can see the pinpricks that I used to register the paper
> negatives.
>
> big:  http://www.gumprint.com/jackgum.jpg
> small:  http://www.gumprint.com/jackgumsmall.jpg
>
>