Re: the books (was developing gum)

LESMD@aol.com
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 12:11:29 -0400

Judy,
The Gum Oil book is unfortunately like most other books on alternative
processes. I read it, I tried it and couldn't get the process to work as
described. I wrote to Koenig and he was able to shed some light on why I was
having the problems. I was able to make the prints but found the look to be
too "hard". Every print looked like a posterization and the sublime nature of
the alternative process was not there. Your right , how did this book get
published ?

BTW, thanks for the tip on NY Central; it will be on my list of things to due
the next time I'm in NYC

Larry Shapiro