[alt-photo] Re: Paper for Bromoil

[henk thijs]

.... another option is to make your own paper with liquid light; just google 'liquid light photo' and you will find some youtube films.
I think the Silverprint SE2 i used in the past will be gone now.
The advantage is the wide range of paper you can use, and there is no hardening of the paper surface!
And of course the real option is not bromoil but oil-printing.
Just coating paper with potassium dichromate, negative on top and you have your mask.
(... unfortunately it isn't that easy ... practice, practice etc... )
See my website for some examples.
cheers,
Henk
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On 20 feb 2012, at 17:16, Mary wrote:

> Hi Jacques,
> 
> The Lewis paper is expensive, but I wouldn't call the price "outrageously high".
> The price is around $90CAN for a box of 100 sheets. The current exchange rate makes it about the same in $US. Shipping from Canada to the US is expensive, yes, but photo paper is heavy.
> A quick check of prices of some of the papers you suggested as alternatives shows the Lewis paper is reasonably priced. For example, B&H sells the Ilford Multigrade Art for around $66 for a box of 50.
> 
> Anyway, I'm not David Lewis' sales representative or anything but I think the price is a fair one and the product is of high quality, in my opinion.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mary
> 
> On 2/20/2012 6:41 AM, Jacques Kevers wrote:
>> Specific bromoil papers are long gone now, except for the one proposed by
>> David Lewis. He is only marketing this paper, which is said to be "Imago
>> Photographic Bromoil" which in turn is a paper marketed by an Austrian
>> company that isn't manufacturing it either. Assumptions are that this paper
>> is coming from EFKE. It is sold by Lewis at an outrageously high price.
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