gingers (gingers@suninternet.com)
Thu, 18 Nov 1999 21:03:46 -0500
Hello!
I am now at the end of the semester teaching color photography (you may
remember I was supposed to teach Alternative Processes and got switched at
the last moment). Recently, I demonstrated the Polaroid Image transfer (the
ink, not the emulsion) made with a Vivitar Daylab and my student's slides.
Everything went smoothly.
Then, one of my students spent some time doing transfers on his own. He
had done fine during the supervised lab. He brought me the results - a
disaster. When he peeled back the Polaroid from the Watercolor Paper, the
image, and even part of the watercolor paper peeled off. I have never seen
this before. The only one that remotely worked had smeared ridges of ink on
the surface, instead of sinking in. I questioned him about his methods. He
had used the same paper we used in the lab. He soaked the paper and then
squeegeed it dry. All I could guess was that he either pressed too hard on
his image during transfer (is that possible?) thus grinding it into the
paper, as well as leaving the ridges of ink. Or, after burnishing, he
placed the image on a warming tray that was too hot and the inks melted
into the paper. Or, maybe a combo of the two (he is strong).
Have any of you ever seen this? Please let me know any explanations or
suggestions you might have.
All the best,
Ginger Sheridan
PS - I will be teaching alternative processes next semester, so taking the
color class was worth it.
GINGER SHERIDAN
802 Second Street, Neptune Beach, FL 32266
ph: 904.242.7931 fx: 904.242.0495 email: gingers@suninternet.com
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