Re: "alternative"

Terry King (101522.2625@CompuServe.COM)
21 Sep 96 18:45:06 EDT

Marilyn

I hope you do not mind if I come in here.

>Thank you for your replies. My original questions were more out of
>curiosity, and for the purpose of starting a conversation on negatives,
more than any thing else (I think that is what caused my problems on the
>list). I asked how many negatives, and if negatives used were high contrast or

>continuous tone when gum printing. I have done most printing with at
>least three negatives and up to seven for one print (using a different
>color with each negative).

They can be both. It depends on whether you are thinking in terms of using a
negative for a particular area or tone or combinations of the two. My own view
is that using solid colour rather defeats my objective in making a gum print.
You might as well print an edition as a screen print.

>I also ad color with pastels, watercolor and/or ink when I am done
>printing. In the world of "true alternative printing" is this degrading
>the product?

I hope and pray that there is no such thing as 'true alternative printing'. To
thine own self be true.

Terry King