From: Dave Rose (photo@wir.net)
Date: 12/27/00-11:32:56 PM Z
I'm curious.... Whatever made you try "gum, instant coffee, and water"? On
glass?!!
I'm not surprised the image washed off. Glass isn't the kind of surface
you'd expect gum to adhere to.
Get rid of the glass, use dichromate, and you'll find your "partial
successes" will become 'great successes'.
Best regards,
Cactus Cowboy
Big Wonderful Wyoming
Birdie wrote:
> >I have experimented with printing onto canvas using gum arabic without
> >using any dichromate (having never done a regular gum print). A couple
of
> >partial successes suggested it is possible. I made a faint photogram of
> >leaves placed on a sheet of glass, using a watery solution of gum,
instant
> >coffee, and water. When I washed off the solution off the brown/white
> >image was visible. I made a print of a transparency using a solution of
> >gum,prussian blue pigment and water(mostly gum). The gum hardened in
> >patches, clearly showing a high contrast blue/white high contrast image
> >in the hardened patches.It washed off totally when i rinsed it. Both
> >prints were done in a day.
> >
> >Has anybody else have any knowledge or eperience of non-dichromate gum
> >printing. Any morsel of information would be greatly appreciated.
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