Leslie Bauer (bauer@california.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:47:46 -0800
How about soaking your plaster in rabbit skin glue first.
>I am currently trying to figure out how to print and successfully fix
>VanDyke onto flat plaster surfaces. So far, brushing 2 coats of solution
>onto unsealed plaster, with my lights, prints a beautiful soft beige image.
>I set the plaster face up into the sodium thiosulphate bate for 30 seconds,
>and washed, face up, for 30 minutes. The reason I washed face up was for
>fear of scratching the resulting image before hardening. The plaster
>withstands the long washing time.
>
>However, less than 48 hours later, after setting the printed plaster to dry
>in a room with a big window, my suspicions before I started were confirmed:
>the plaster is so absorbent that the solution wasn't fully exposed, nor
>fully fixed or washed: my entire brushed surface is a lovely, even brown :
>full fog in effect.
>
>I also tried one exposure onto plaster sealed with acrylic medium (matte),
>and the brown tone was beautiful, but there was uneven exposure, escessive
>brush marks and the medium could not withstand the wash: it turned to mush
>and looks nasty.
>
>Has anyone ever attempted vandyke's onto plaster? Can anyone off a
>suggestion of what other sealants I could try (without losing the original
>texture of the plaster), and what method of application would be least
>obtrusive? Any other suggestions?
>
>Thanks and HI to all the list people who still remember me
>
>Risa S. Horowitz
Leslie Bauer Photography
(415)824-8671
bauer@california.com
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