Re: Sizing Paper for Pt/Pd (was Re: The Gum Project)

Tom Ferguson (tomf2468@pipeline.com)
Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:10:03 -0700

While I ran out of "vision" on my Gum/Palladium project, I can't help but
be curious. I think I put the palladium down first becuase it made the
future registration of the negative easiest! What advantage do you get in
putting the palladium down last?

tomf2468@pipeline.com (Tom Ferguson)

Terry wrote:
>My approach is to it the other way round if I am seeking a
>platinum/palladium/gum print, i e put down the gum colours first then size
>and then make the platinum print on top. But my original comment was
>related to the use of a size for pt/pd printing.
>
>I was interested to see that you have confirmed my experience that yet
>another way of controlling contrast given negs of different densities is to
>use more gelatine with less dense negs. This also has an interesting
>effect upon the colour of the image with browns for the platinum and blues
>for palladium which produces very interesting 'split toned' effects.