Kathryn Garrison (Kathryn.Garrison@Colorado.EDU)
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:06:54 -0700
Ginger, I've had this result after pressing too hard. It seems to be worse
if you are doing the transfer onto wet or damp paper as opposed to dry, and
became even worse after letting the transfer sit on the paper a while
before peeling it off.
Kathryn Garrison
At 09:03 PM 11/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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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