RE: APIS! APIS?
Hi Loris, Thanks for your comments! Yes, I talked with Denise about the registration; she's making amazing prints! But she prints in small sizes, and the registration may be harder in larger sizes, even if I resize the negative for each layer. Anyway, a nice idea! I'm not really looking for sharpness for the underlying inkjet print (the vdb will introduce the sharpness needed), only the color. At first I even printed mono or multicolored backgrounds independent from the image itself, only for the tone. And I don't mind the slightly colored or "glowing" edges due to the blurred underlying inkjet. I wanted to make the contact printing frame sturdy enough, after having seen so many poorly constructed frames. I use it for smaller sizes, larger ones go to a vacuum frame. - Jalo \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ V E D O S Alternative Processes in Photography & Printmaking Satakunta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Business and Culture Kankaanpää Paasikivenkatu 24, Box 76 FI-38701 Kankaanpää vedos@samk.fi http://vedos.samk.fi http://www.samk.fi ________________________________________ From: Loris Medici [mail@loris.medici.name] Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 12:25 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: APIS! APIS? Hi Jalo, Thanks much, a treat. (Including the site...) BTW, I checked the pigmented vandyke video. Nice too. A couple of notes/comments: - Registration: I will pass an interpretation of Denise's negative preparation method for silvergum process. She prints negatives exactly sized according to the resulting s/g print for the gumover passes. I mean maybe you can measure the print's exact size after applying and drying the vandyke emulsion (paper will change dimensions) and print the negative stretched exactly to that (measured) size. That way you may not need to blur the toning image and end up with a sharper print. In case you need a sharper print, that is... With time you'll know how much (in percentage) the image change size (for both dimensions, taking in account grain direction too) after coating the emulsion, therefore drop the measurement step altogether! I haven't tried that myself but sounds plausible -> will definitely do it this way if I ever find time to play with pigmented pt/pd process... - Contact printing frame: Nice contact printing frame there, kudos; made me envious! ;) Regards, Loris. 2009/8/7 Vedos <vedos@samk.fi> > > We have got a few snapshots of APIS on our blog vedos.samk.fi. It was fun there... > > -Jalo > > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > V E D O S > Alternative Processes in Photography & Printmaking > Satakunta University of Applied Sciences > Faculty of Business and Culture Kankaanpää > Paasikivenkatu 24, Box 76 > FI-38701 Kankaanpää > vedos@samk.fi > http://vedos.samk.fi > http://www.samk.fi
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