I spent alll day in my darkroom yesterday -- I have 4 prints for inking --
(1) a primitive stone dwelling on a cliff, only a couple of small clouds in
the sky, but some neat, gnarly trees next to it; (b) Sacred Mesa, a butte by
Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, with a very nice, textured sky -- lots of good
clouds; (c) a crumbling adobe house with an old, rusted gas pump next to it
(an old indian gas station); and (d) The Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, with a
man standing in front reading the newspaper. All of these were taken with a
4x5 camera.
I almost bought a brayer at the art supply store this weekend, but it was of
hard rubber and sort of expensive. I have not seen the foam brayers. I will
look in my art supply catalogs, though.
>> By the way, Martin Pudenz uses the brayer technique in a way that the
brayer
strokes can be seen ; he is a real artist! <<
Sometimes I get water streaks on my prints. Maybe I am an artist, too? :-)
I think now I can say that I have done everything I can until the supplies
get here. Maybe they will come this week. I am anxiously awaiting.
Rita
In a message dated 96-07-22 04:22:17 EDT, you write:
<< I use the brayer method and can state that also for 18x24 cm the method
can be
advantageous for initial inking.
Thanks to Klaus Pollmeier I use the 5cm , cheap, foam brayers; always two.
One
for the inking -the ink must be less stiff compared to brush inking- and one
for clearing the image , w.o.w. taking of the ink. The brush and the brayer
method can be combined in order to work out detail.
By the way, Martin Pudenz uses the brayer technique in a way that the brayer
strokes can be seen ; he is a real artist!
If the brayers are too dirty, I throw them away ; if cleaning is possible I
use
the 'old' Sunlight soap to clean them, like my brushes.
Regards Henk
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