[alt-photo] Re: New Wet Plate Collodion Video
Diana Bloomfield
dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net
Mon Sep 5 21:55:46 GMT 2011
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
>
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