[Alt-photo] Re: casein prints

[Matti Koskinen]

Chris, 
lovely prints, I'll buy your book sometime in the future, to learn the casein printmaking. I've tried several times casein prints, but 99% fails, even if use the same process,and amounts: cottage cheese+ammonia, potassium dichromate, gouache or acrylic paint, PVAc coated paper. I use very little amount of paint, but flaking is really a bad problem. I develop like tempera prints, where my success percentage is much higher, first soaking the print in lukewarm water for 7mins, then using a dash of dishwasher and foam roller. In some old post, somebody used this method, but my attempts are not very good.

What's your secret?

thnx
 
-matti







On May 28, 2013, at 7:53 PM, Christina Anderson <christinazanderson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
> Nice to have a long weekend! And summer still ahead as well.
> If interested, here is a link to my new casein work, 36 prints so far:
> http://christinaanderson.visualserver.com/Portfolio.cfm?nK=7796
> It's amazing how a deadline, which usually I hate, will remove inertia and make one much more time efficient.
> But with casein's 1 minute exposures and 15 minute developments, it's a bit easier to accomplish than gum's 6 minute exposures/1 hr developments in my dimroom anyway.
> Chris
> 
> 
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
> 
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