[alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink (registration)

[Paul Viapiano]

Daniel Smith Indigo, PB60 and Lamp Black PBk6...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katharine Thayer" <kthayer at pacifier.com>
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Subject: [alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink (registration)


> Hey, looks great, and beautifully registered.   A couple of 
> questions/comments:
>
> (1) I assume your indigo isn't really indigo (PB 66, a fugitive  pigment 
> no longer used in any watercolor paints) but one of the  mixtures of blue 
> (a different blue in each case) with lamp black that  are currently 
> marketed under the name "indigo" by several paint  manufacturers.  Or are 
> you using powdered PB66?
>
> (2) It will be interesting to see what your final print looks like  and 
> whether you're happy with it.   I was looking at this as a  finished 
> duotone, and found the ochre-brown cast very appealing, but  now that I 
> realize (from another post that came in while I was  writing this) that 
> you mean this to be the first two layers of an  (unsaturated) tricolor 
> gum, I have different thoughts.  It  depends  entirely on what effect 
> you're hoping to achieve, so this might work  perfectly for what you want 
> to do, but in general if you're hoping to  finish with a somewhat neutral 
> and somewhat realistic-ish color  balance, then you'd want the overall 
> color cast of the print after  the second layer to be roughly the color 
> complement of the third  layer.  But if that's not important to you, or if 
> you're intending an  orangeish-brown final print (actually that might be 
> cool, depending)  then it doesn't matter.
> Katharine
>
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Paul Viapiano wrote:
>
>> Diana...
>>
>> I didn't size and I didn't preshrink. Paper is 10 x 11 inches,  image 
>> size is approx 6 x 6 inches, give or take.
>>
>> Here's a scan after 2 layers, indigo and then raw sienna, waxed  paper 
>> neg.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/4454749196/
>>
>> Please let me know what you think...anything at all!
>>
>> Thx..Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Bloomfield" 
>> <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
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>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:18 AM
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: to shrink or not to shrink (registration)
>>
>>
>>
>>> Did I get that right, Paul-- that you didn't size with the Rives  and 
>>> got no staining?  (I now  can't find your post from  yesterday.)  Do 
>>> you remember which of the many Rives papers you  used?   I'm also 
>>> surprised you didn't pre-shrink and had no  registration problems. 
>>> Wow-- that would be great not not to have  to deal with pre-shrinking. 
>>> Thanks.  I'm gonna try that, too. :)
>>>
>>> Diana
>>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> So, do you line all three-four negs up at once and then stick em   with 
>>>> the pin? I'm trying to figure out which registration system  i'd  like 
>>>> to use. I found a good site that sells registration  tabs and  such 
>>>> (posted it several months back), but if the pins  work, why fuss  and 
>>>> spend the cash? Paul, could you post a shot  or two of you reg  system?
>>>>
>>>> Paul Viapiano wrote:
>>>>
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