Re: Paper for Oil Printing

[jeffbuck@swcp.com]

I saw these two prints of Richard's at the reception area of B & S.  The 
reproductions linked in Richard's posting aren't bad -- I mean, they give an 
idea.  The first one (the vertical of the trees), in particular, is very much 
more impressive in person.  Beautiful tone and indescribable, sensuous 
texture.  -jb  

Richard Sullivan <richsul@earthlink.net> said:

> A month or two ago I had coated some gelatin 290 Bloom on Stonehenge 240 gm 
> paper on my coating machine.
> 
> On a lark I decided to sensitize it in 5% ammonium dichromate this was just 
> a best guess idea as I was going on memory. I exposed the neg and washed 
> the paper for about 5 minutes. I then found an old bromoil brush and some 
> Senfelders black litho ink and started pounding away.
> 
> That produced the first print of the trees in the snow. Note that these 
> were test negs and not anything exceptional as I was experimenting with 
> carbon tissue.
> 
> This took about an hour of pounding to produce.
> 
> The second one was overexposed and it took another hour to ink up. This was 
> my first attempt at either an oil or bromoil but I've watched Gene Laughter 
> ink prints at APIS.
> 
> Both prints are on a page at:
> 
> http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/carbon/OildPrints/oil_print.htm
> 
> 
> No glycerine no fancy schmancy stuff, just gelled paper,  dichromated, 
> exposed, washed and inked.
> 
> The Stoenhenge comes in 50 inch rolls so I cut it down to a 25 inch and can 
> run 15 feet lengths now. I've considered making an oil paper for the market 
> but thought there might not be much of a market for it. I have the two 
> prints in our reception room and people are quite taken by them.
> 
>  From observation oil prints are more vibrant than bromoil. Gosh they ink 
> up nice compared to what I've seen with bromoil.
> 
> Bromoil does have the advantage of not needing an enlarged negative but 
> from the little experience I've had my recommendation is if you have a 
> large neg go with the oil print.
> 
> --Dick Sullivan
> 
> 
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