Brian Ellis (beellis@gte.net)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:50:32 -0500
Hi Hamish - I'm curious as to the registration system that you use. I've been
doing gum for about six months now so I'm a relative beginner. I've used several
different registration methods but none have worked so well that I would
confidently make 6 or more coats. Usually I'm holding my breath for the second
coat and when that registers correctly I really get reluctant to hazard a third
coat.
Hamish Stewart wrote:
> >Subject: Re: Gum questions - Details
> >Sent: 13/1/19 16:33
> >Received: 21/1/99 19:58
> >From: FotoDave@aol.com
> >Reply-To: Alt-photo-process, alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> >To: Alt-photo-process, alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> >
> >In a message dated 1/19/99 2:27:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> >Hamish.Sophie@wanadoo.fr writes:
> >
> >> To add to this try Saunders Waterford - both the cold and hot pressed.
> >> The hot pressed is wonderful to resolve fine detail
> >
> >Hi Hamish,
> >
> >I had a chance to try it just recently, and I love the number of steps I can
> >get with this paper, but for my emulsion, it stains if printed without
> >sizing.
> >Do you size this paper for your gum print?
>
> Yes always. The saunders is a rather porous paper and stains easily, so
> must be sized. I use 2 coats of a 3% gelatin size with formalin added to
> the 2nd bath.
> >
> >> I would normally do between 6-8 exposures of my gum prints. Some say this
> >> is excessive - but I like the results - if you like visit my pages at
> >> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/hamish/terre.html to see some examples.
> >
> >The result is beautiful. I am interested and curious about whether you do 6-8
> >coats for the reason of control, for thickness, for different color coats as
> >in your images, or for any specific / main reason?
>
> A little of all of these. I use a range of colours in my prints and like
> the contrast and detail that builds up over more than 4 coats. Usually
> 6-8 coats is fine, but I have been known to go up to 12 coats. Depends on
> the image and how I am feeling about the progression of the image.. Some
> people think I go to far, but the trick is to do a few coats well
> exposed, and then more coats less exposed..
> >
> >Suppose you want to do a monochrome gum with black only, would you also do
> >6-8
> >coats?
> >
> I really don't have an answer to this as firstly I don't use black
> pigment, and secondly I haven't done mono gum prints...
>
> Cheers
> Hamish
>
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> Hamish Stewart
>
> Gum Bichromate Photography
>
> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/hamish/gumphoto.html
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> email gum_photo@wanadoo.fr
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