From: Sandy King (sanking@CLEMSON.EDU)
Date: 02/12/02-11:56:57 AM Z
Galina,
Briefly, wash off relief is the name by which dye transfer color
printing was known when it was first introduced. There are some
differences in the way the relief was made but both wash off relief
and dye transfer ended with a gelatin relief that was then inked and
transferred to a final paper support.
With carbons it is not generally possible to tone the pigment content
of a carbon image, but one can tone the gelatin. This technique in
some of the early literature on carbon printing, but may be different
from the prints you inquire about.
Sandy King
>There is a new big exhibition of Steichen advertisement work at the National
>Museum of Photography - Preus Photomuseum in Horten, Norway.
>
>There was one color print there described as "wash off relief". Can anyone
>tell me what it is ? I never heard of anything like that.
>
>Another thing is, that they have described a few prints as "toned carbon". I
>always thought that it is not possible to tone carbon, which is based on
>pigment and dichromate. Please, correct me if I am wrong !
>
>The prints described as carbon are shiny and brownish, I think, it is a
>totally different process. The surface looks like a Christmas covered with
>glittering snow flakes. What could it be ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Galina.
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