[Alt-photo] Re: Four color gum

[Loris Medici]

Nice work Marek and good luck Diana.

Regards,
Loris.


2013/6/1 Diana Bloomfield <dlhbloomfield at gmail.com>

> Okay; thanks. And you did use separation negatives?  My powered pigments
> literally just arrived. I'm trying it this afternoon.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 1, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Marek Matusz <marekmatusz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Diana,
> >
> > The only thing for brushing and spray development is that you will need
> a longer exposure to begin with to have a more sturdy gum layer.. I would
> double your normal exposure time and then play with it.
> >
> > Marek
> >
> >> From: dlhbloomfield at gmail.com
> >> Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 17:30:56 -0400
> >> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
> >> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: Four color gum
> >>
> >> Hey Marek,
> >>
> >> Wow-- Thank you so much for sharing all these.  I love them.  I think
> they're really wonderful and definitely have that look that's so appealing.
>  And thanks for all the details.  I always use Quinacridone gold for my
> yellows.  For some reason, when I first started gum, I seemed to have
> problems with various yellows-- except for that one.  That's really
> interesting/informative to see the process here, too.  I love the gray/blue
> of it all-- and just a hint of pink in those few.  I look forward to trying
> this.  I had ordered some powdered lamp black-- but I do have graphite on
> hand, so I might try it with what I have tomorrow.  I'm thinking that the
> brushing/spraying technique is a bit tricky(?)-- but this is very helpful.
>  Thanks.  Really really like the look of these.
> >>
> >> Diana
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 31, 2013, at 2:32 PM, Marek Matusz wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> All, Here is the link to my final set of pictures. All 3 prints are
> done now.
> https://plus.google.com/photos/105732508998271877151/albums/5882305049320410433My workflow was somewhat different from Chia's. I used graphite gray (which
> comes as a nice neutral black on the print) for my fist black layer with K
> negative. Then I decided to use RGB separations for added color. My blue
> was cobalt blue (Daniel Smith). It is a very light, clean blue, which
> suited me well since I was going for a tint rather then full color
> saturation. I have included pictures of that stage.  Then I added magenta
> (quinacridone rose from DS). This turned out to be a bit more saturated
> then I would like. For one of the images I have included two versions of
> the print. One with just soak water development, perhaps 15 minutes and the
> second image after spray development and brushing. I need to cut the
> magenta concentration for my next project. I did do a lot of spraying and
> brushing to remove parts of t
> > he
> >>  i
> >>> mage at every stage. For yellow I used Quinacridone gold PO49. It is
> more muted then typical process yellow. Just one of the images (amaryllis)
> contained a substantial yellow component and it blended very nicely with
> PV19 for the coral red of the amaryllis.  Finally another lighter graphite
> layer to adjust (darken) background and add a touch of contrast in parts of
> images.  That was one intense printing week and I am very excited about the
> images and the new printing workflow. I did try doing low saturation images
> before and they always come muddy and just unpleasant.  This workflow of
> starting with a solid black layer is just amazing as it allowed me to
> visualize the steps of adding hints of color while keeping solid and crisp
> image. Thanks to Chia for sharing. Marek
>