[alt-photo] Re: New Wet Plate Collodion Video

[Diana Bloomfield]

Thanks, Kerik.  That makes so much sense (the "suction cup thingy");  
thanks.  And I knew about the plastic over the aluminum, and I saw  
that you removed that in the beginning, but then it  looked like you  
were removing something similar at a later stage.  Looking back, I  
think it was just reflections from water or rinsing, which initially  
looked like something tangible was being removed, but I think that was  
an illusion.  Anyway, thanks.  Again, you make this look actually  
doable. :)

Diana

On Sep 5, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Kerik Kouklis wrote:

> David, Diana and Joe, thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I feel pretty
> lucky...
>
> Diana, yes it's a suction cup thingy. It's made to stick on your  
> shower wall
> and hang a razor or a washcloth or whatever. I was taking a shower  
> one day
> when I was getting started with collodion and looked at that thing  
> on the
> wall and thought... Hmmmm... It works great. It turns out they made  
> suction
> cup devices for this purpose back in the collodion era. So I didn't  
> really
> invent it... rediscovered perhaps.
>
> As for the mylar - I do most of my collodion work on trophy  
> aluminum. It
> comes coated on one side with black enamel paint which has a thin  
> film of
> plastic to protect the surface. You just peel of the plastic and the  
> plate
> is ready to pour.
>
> -Kerik
> www.kerik.com
>