[Alt-photo] Re: casein prints

[Loris Medici]

Dear Christina,

Do you have a special procedure for Yupo (coating and/or development) or
you treat it as normal paper?

Agree about size, it's more economic and less prone to errors / mishaps, I
find print sizes over 11x14" quite hard myself. I currently print 8x10"
(image size, paper is slightly larger...), it's not too small and it's not
too big - just rigt! As for the frames, my standard wood is the same as
yours, unvarnished maple. (I don't like dark frames much since our alt
images aren't as dark as silver gelatin or inkjet prints and dark frames
overwhelm them...) The frame has a relatively narrow (2cm) but deep (3-4cm)
profile. The photo lays at the back. (Not close to the glazing but the
backboard - inside the frame, the wood between the mat and glazing is
covered with slats made with from the mat. Maybe there's a term for this
framing style but unfortunately I don't know it!) I often have my
iron-silver images on thin paper float mounted. In that case, I use an
irregular / deckle edge patterned ruler to tear the edges.

Regards,
Loris.


2013/5/29 Christina Anderson <christinazanderson at gmail.com>

> Hi Loris, Diana, Matti, and Graham all in one post, so long post, beware!
>
> Loris, I have printed on Yupo and it was fine with casein, very tenacious,
> but these are all on Artistico.
>
> All of this series are 8x8. I've printed this series large in the past,
> 12x16 in 20x24 frames, the ones from the 35mm slides. These images are from
> 2 1/4 negatives. I have been in the mood to be quieter and smaller with my
> work and framing lately, for aesthetic and personal reasons but also for
> space and cost reasons. I have also switched from my two usual frames, a
> black wood Tribeca or a metal Old World Pewter. These are all 8x8 framed in
> 13x13 mats and natural wood (maple) frames that have a very quiet presence.
> I am also framing them without the brush strokes showing, so all in all
> they are more contemporary in feel. They can be gridded, for instance, very
> easily. The benefit to small is I was able to fit 10 of these framed images
> in a small enough box to carry! So shipping to shows will be a huge
> savings. But that wasn't my reasoning for going this route, it was a desire
> to be more visually intimate with my work. Oddly enough, they seem big in
> person, at 8x8.
>
> I am just loving the very simple, clean, maple frames. They cost me more
> inch by inch but they are worth it! The frame has a 1/2" front and is about
> 3/4 or 1" deep. I think. I am not near them right now.
> ​...​