[Alt-photo] Re: Gum coating video

[Marek Matusz]

Chris,
 
Delighted to hear from you again. I was worried by your silence. TO comment on the roller, it is so fast and efficient I'd never go back on it. Rolling in one direction, while I do it in the video, but forgot to elaborate on it is essential as it helps distribute emulsion evenly. Rolling the sponge on the dry towel at the angle to take away excess gum from the edge of the roller is another trick. Learning with a dark color like blue or black helps.
 
I would strongly advise not to do any spraying of dichromate solutions unless you do have proper protective equipment and that would mean proper mask (not the home depot dust mask) to begin with. The roller can produce amazingly even coatings.
 
I finished the print in video and posted it on line together with the original full color version
 
https://plus.google.com/photos/105732508998271877151/albums/5882305049320410433
 
Enjoy
I am off to printing another floral in my new found gum a la Chia (my work flow does not resemble much of her description anymore, but the spirit of the work flow is the same.
 
Marek
 

 
> From: christinazanderson at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 09:12:35 -0600
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> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: Gum coating video
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> Marek,
> 
> I loved seeing you work and talk! It is how I remember your personality when I first met you at Clay Harmon's years ago.
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> That image, BTW, is gorgeous. I hope you put it on Flicker or something when it is done. You do really well with flowers, but that one particularly well in its gangliness and how you have framed it.
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> I see that you brush first and then roller. That is interesting. You also brush and roller very gently.
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> I am always amazed at how different people coat paper. I remember a couple scenarios: a student who was like attacking the paper with the brush and I had to tell her whoooooaaa.... 
> 
> Then Livick's use of the air spray gun and Judy Siegel's cautions still ringing in my ear about airborne dichromate. I have been very tempted, actually, to buy an air gun and test it out and still wonder if her cautions are overblown. Anyone know if Livick is still alive? I heard he quit gum. 
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> I always preferred the hake brush because of the borders, but now I mat out my borders so that would not matter anymore. My problem with the roller has been the streaks that have been left behind in the way I use it, streaks that come from the side of the roller and look very interruptive. I noticed when I rollered over and over and finer and finer the streaks disappeared, and with large works I bet a roller is the way to go, but for me and small works a damp hake followed by a dry hake do it all. 
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> There is a difference for me between brushing gum and brushing casein, too. I brush far longer with casein and far more vigorously. It doesn't get "sticky" like gum does...gum at a certain point gets tacky and you know it's getting time to quit brushing. Casein gets grabby. I can't quite describe it well but if I don't have the brush marks out of a casein print at a certain point it is no go after that. I also go through many brushes in a day. I will do a set of 4-8 casein prints using one wet brush and several dry, then while those are soaking I will do another layer on another set. By the end of the day I can have 20 hake brushes drying! Luckily the ones I use are cheap and they last for years.
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> Chris
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> 
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
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> On Jun 22, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Marek Matusz wrote:
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> > 
> > While I was coating my yellow gum layer today I remembered that Chris mentioned that she has no luck using rollers. SO I filmed it and here it is. My way of coating with rollers. I know that many on the list are using foam rollers and there is nothing new here, but maybe somebody can learn.It was fun making the video, now to exposing and development.https://plus.google.com/photos/105732508998271877151/albums/5882305049320410433 Marek 		 	   		  
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