From: Tom Ferguson (tomf2468@pipeline.com)
Date: 03/25/02-06:21:07 PM Z
Slowly moving to thinner fabrics and cheaper chemicals in this series. Self
preservation or preservation of assets??
Jeffrey's Pima cotton was too smooth for THIS PROJECT. The local sewing
store suggested "Kona cotton" as "similar, but not as strong as Pima". That
seems to translate as "rougher surface and lower thread count". Looks good
on MY IMAGES.
I suspect these images will end up being printed in Kallitype, far more
affordable when the base soaks up at least 3X the chemicals of paper! I've
yet to try sizing (arrowroot??) on the Kona cotton fabric.
These are at least 16x20 inch (40x50cm) images (or they want to be that
big), so you can see my $$$ concerns ;-(
-- Tom Ferguson http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com> From: "Robert W. Schramm" <schrammrus@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Fabric for alt photography (as opposed to paper) > > Tom, > > You are quite right, fabric soaks up a lot of sensitizer. I can tell you > that you must use natural fibers. Man made fibers don't work for the simple > reason that they tend to repel water based sensitizer. That is why I used a > reletively inexpensive process i.e. VDB. Have you thought about diluting the > platinum sensitizer with distilled water? > > Bob Schramm > > >> From: Tom Ferguson <tomf2468@pipeline.com> >> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:51:37 -0800 >> >> Before I dive into experiments I thought I would ask for suggestions. >> Jeffrey Mathias' screens and Bob Schramm's article in Postfactory have me >> intrequed. >> >> I've played with this before and always come to the conclusion that it was >> too inconsistent and too expensive (soaks up a LOT of platinum). I have a >> series of images first printed as palladium on unprimed painter's canvas, >> then latter on paper. The more I stare at them, the more I like the fabric. >> I did experiment with sizing the canvas. Arrowroot did the best job, but >> even sized the thick painter's canvas made for a very $$$$ print as it >> soaked up the chemicals. >> >> Jeffrey on his excellent site http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/ >> suggests a few fabrics including Sea Isle, Pima, and Egyptian. I couldn't >> find any info on "Sea Isle" and the website for the company Jeffrey >> suggests >> (Stylecrest Fabrics) doesn't work (perhaps why Jeffrey doesn't list the web >> address??). Pima and Egyptian are (I think) common enough to get at the >> local sewing store?? One website lists Pima "for fabric dyeing" as having >> "no finish on the fabric or other chemicals" : >> http://www.fabricstodyefor.com/Fabric_Art_Supplies/Cotton/pfd.htm >> >> Images would be printed in palladium or kallitype. I would like a fabric a >> bit rougher than Jeffrey uses, but not quite as rough as painter canvas. >> These images are shot with the worst large format lens I've ever seen, more >> distortion than imaginable, and thus a lot of fun :-) I paid a whole $8US >> for it at a swap meet! So, I'm not looking for "Group F64" sharpness here! >> -- >> Tom Ferguson >> http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com
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