Re: fresson

[Alejandro Lopez de Haro <alhr@wanadoo.fr>]

Hi Richard:

I wonder, who uses the Fresson printing services?

Regards,

Alejandro López de Haro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Sullivan" <richsul@earthlink.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: fresson


> Pete,
>
> There were areas that were off limits when I was there. And yes the secret
> is in the paper. I believe you were at APIS 97 in Bath, otherwise known as
> the Sweatlodge, when Art did his presentation on Fresson. I believe art is
> working on the theory of a gum/gelatin mix which is not compatible, thus
> making a fine reticulation in the gelatin which aids in direct
development.
>
> --Dick
>
>
> At 06:17 PM 5/2/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >Pete
> >
> >Argon,
> >
> >No this was a bit of a red herring I have done an in depth study of this
> >process, the secret is in the coating of the paper a secret machine was
> >used. The man that has the real secret apart from the Fresson family is
Luis
> >Nadeau who has/had a machine he bought from Jose Ortis Echague. A picture
of
> >this machine and Echague operating it can be found  in a book published
by
> >Gordon Fraser 1979.
> >
> > > Didn't I once read that part of the Fresson Process involved the use
of a
> > > sawdust/water slurry to remove the unexposed areas of pigment.  Is
that the
> > > "secret" that makes the Fresson Print what it is?
> > >
> > > argon
>
>
>