[alt-photo] Re: casein works in AZ

[Jack Brubaker]

Chris,

Your not crazy, your just serious about what you do. That is all good.
It is nice when we can plan ell enough ahead to make it seem easy, but
that is not the point, the job is to make good work.

Keep it up, lovely group of prints,

Jack





On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Christina Anderson
<christinazanderson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Henry,
>
> Yes I did. When I initially started working with casein I treated it just like gum and found that it did not work well for me. I had to recalibrate it all a la PDN (thanks Mark Nelson!).
>
> I am currently working on a "quick n' easy" curve version like I do with gum so it is more user friendly for those who do not do PDN.
>
> My exposures are 2-4 minutes. My curves are different.The layers are ultra thin. The casein holds a huge pigment load. I use only a 10% pot di (not 15% am di). And most prints are developed in less than 15 minutes, in other words if I have it I have it and if I don't I know right away.
>
> I had to use a lot of mechanical development when I first started, too: brushing, rollering, rubbing, ammonia. Now I don't do a lot.
>
> Casein is quite addictive. I just cannot use pigment mixes as I have said before but I have used all historic pigments on these prints, powdered, and they work great, about 1/4tsp powder per 1 tsp casein and 1tsp di and that will easily coat FOUR 8x10s! Alberto Novo had given me some of his luscious Venetian Red when I was visiting Gruppo Namias. So the colors in these prints are Venetian Red, Raw Sienna, and Ultra Blue, the latter from Daniel Smith but since you live in England you've got that great Cornelius & Sons there. I do have modern pigment powders that I will use next, on other projects, not this one (since if you read the artist statement the one house was built in 1752).
>
> The not-so-funny thing about this work; I had made all the prints, and then when I got into the show I realized I wanted to not have borders because, honestly, the images were too delicate to have messy borders. So I had to reprint them all. WHILE writing my book. So 60 hours of work reprinting for the show. I put in a 101 hour week last week to get them sent off in time.
>
> I think I am nuts. But the light is at the end of the tunnel finally and I will be able to get back to just making work (and teaching of course).
> Chris
>
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
>
> On Oct 24, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Henry Rattle wrote:
>
>> Chris - Casein Portfolio - Oh wow!
>>
>> Out of interest, did you PDN your negatives for these fabulous images?
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Henry
>>
>>
>>
>> On 24/10/2012 16:45, "Christina Anderson" <christinazanderson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> Eight of my casein works along with two other artists—Michael Puff and Bryan
>>> David Griffith— are exhibiting Nov 17-Jan 5 here in a show called Light
>>> Sensitive. One of them will be auctioned off as well during their fundraiser:
>>>
>>> http://artintersection.com/
>>>
>>> So if you are in Gilbert, Arizona, during that time stop by. Take pictures for
>>> me if you go, because I can't be there...but the work that will be in the show
>>> is all casein and comes from this series:
>>>
>>> http://christinaanderson.visualserver.com/Portfolio.cfm?nK=11961
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> Christina Z. Anderson
>>> christinaZanderson.com
>>>
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