Andy Darlow (andy@andydarlow.com)
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:19:45 +0000
Hi Billy:
This is regarding the carbon printing process that Mr. Penn discussed with
us when I visited about a month ago. If you or Mr. Penn would like more
info on Klaus Pollmeier and whether he accepts images to produce prints,
I'll investigate further. I plan to e-mail the author of this e-mail to
get the journal because I am curious about it.
-Andy
p.s.- I look forward to some Betterlighting action this Friday!
At 01:14 PM 4/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> > 4. Can the sensitizer be brushed on rather than tray soaked?
>>
>> So I've read. I've never tried that.
>
>Klaus Pollmeier, one of the premier carbon printers of the world (so sue
>me, it's true), explained precisely how to do that, with detailed
>illustrations along the way -- can you guess where?
>
>Oh all right, all right, I'll tell you -- World Journal of Post-Factory
>Photography, Issue #2.
>
>Subheads of the long article include "Materials,", "Printing," "Air
>Bells," "The Transfer," "Development," "Transfer to Final Paper," and
>"Finishing."
>
>The caption for one illustration reads, "50% alkohol + 50% water:
>Although much less sensitizer is needed when applied with a brayer
>(above), I solved a highlight problem by soaking in potassium dichromate,
>as below, with added ammonia. Potassium dichromate alone gains speed
>quickly and then fogs. The ammonia slows it down and gives more consistent
>results over several hours."
>
>There follow instructions on drying, keeping flat, etc.
>
>If any persons reading these words don't know how to get a copy of this
>essential publication, e-mail me offlist & I will reveal.
>
>PS. We do have a spell check, but thought "alkohol" added a continental
>flavor, Klaus being a German national whose project was 105 carbon
>transfer prints of work by the Czechoslovakian photographer Frantisek
>Drtikol (yes, that's spelled right).
>
>Judy
>
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