[alt-photo] Re: Paper Negatives

[Diana Bloomfield]

That's probably true, Judy (about the waxed paper negatives, not the  
paper cup and string).  But I'm guessing since alternatives do now  
exist, there are other reasons people would want to go that much  
trouble to make and use these waxed paper negatives  I have to believe  
the decision to go that route is, in part, aesthetic (and not  
monetary).  But that's just a guess.

There's a photographer in this area who makes these really intriguing  
images on wood, and then covers them with NC beeswax-- apparently,  
pretty easy to find around here.  And I think paraffin (for canning)  
is easily found here, too-- still in the grocery store.  Maybe it's  
only in the South where people still can.  ;)

Diana

On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:40 PM, Judy Seigel wrote:

>
> But, if memory serves (and this WAS a long time ago), when we began  
> doing waxed paper negatives, there were few if any alternatives...  
> We didn't all have computers, in fact could be using a paper cup and  
> a string to reach "the list."
>
> The irony may be that nowadays it can be difficult to get paraffin  
> for the waxing... it used to be sold in every grocery store for  
> sealing your home-made jam. (Besides which, "beeswax" is not  
> necessarily among ordinary art supplies.)
>
> J.
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