[Alt-photo] Re: Gum coating video

[John Brewer]

Great video Marek, thanks for sharing. It's always interesting to see how
other people gum.

John.


On 4 July 2013 00:26, Marek Matusz <marekmatusz at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
> > Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: Gum coating video
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I see that you brush first and then roller. That is interesting. You
> also brush and roller very gently.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > Christina Z. Anderson
> > christinaZanderson.com
> >
> > On Jun 22, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Marek Matusz wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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/5882305049320410433Marek
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