From: Richard Sullivan (richsul@earthlink.net)
Date: 11/14/02-03:17:53 PM Z
Clay,
I believe you saw some of Stuart Melvin's gums and gum-overs either at
Platypus or at the ABQ View Camera Conference. They were quite jaw dropping
to say the least, as an old time traditional gum printer myself, I was dumb
struck.
Stuart was by the factory the other day and was quite excited, he was
really beside himself as he said he has made another discovery about gum
printing and says this one tops the others. If I can describe it correctly
he has found a way to add as much pigment as you want without flaking or
staining. He thought he had stumbled on a rather stunning new discovery.
Now Stuart is a pretty calm fellow and this time he was grinning from ear
to ear. Having seen his earlier work one would have to take Stuart at his
word.
A N D... he is finally writing a book. He says his plans are for February
of 2003 for publication. We will have it as soon as it is ready.
I'd also like to put in a plug for Stephen Livick one of the modern masters
of the gum print: www.livick.com Stephen sparked the flames of some of the
new innovators in gum by teaching a B+S online class several years ago.
There is much to be said for the traditional gum print but I for one am
excited to see folks like Stuart venture off and improve the breed so to
speak. Bostick & Sullvian is now well into its 3rd decade of existence and
for the first 2 decades most everything was based on 100 year old
technology. People, myself included, were slavish over doing this the
"right" way was which was the traditional way. Now we are seeing new
innovations in the alt processes and a sure sign that in this digital age
the genre is alive and well.
B+S just bought another 1800 sq ft building to complement our existing 2500
sq ft one. The new one is across the street and will be the Carbon Annex.
We too are alive and well.
--Dick Sullivan
At 08:11 AM 11/14/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Temi:
>
>I'm a relative newbie to gum, but after a year of lurking on the list and
>doing some gums and gumovers, my sense is that most people on the list are
>probably using gelatin to size their prints. I too was looking for
>something 'easier' than gelatin, and tried PVA, acrylic and some other
>'packaged' solutions. None worked as well as gelatin, and I have found
>that real gelatin is just not that hard to manage, once you do it a few
>times. I mix up quantities as small as 125ml, coat a few sheets and then
>toss it. I use the 'Livick' one step sizing formula with glyoxal and it
>seems to work just fine. I'm not trying to convince you one way or the
>other, but just propose a possible reason for the lack of responses.
>
>
>Clay
>
>On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 07:43 AM, Temi wrote:
>
>>Good Morning, Since I did not receive any replies to the message below,
>>I decided to resend in case it got lost with the many email that come
>>each day. Temi
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Temi
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:45 PM
>>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>>Subject: GUM - STARCH - ?????
>>
>>Hello,
>>If instead of using a gelatin size when making gum dichromate prints, I
>>use a spray starch before coating, would it be best or necessary to
>>re-spray with starch between layered coats of the gum?
>>Thanks for your advise.
>>Temi
>
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