From: Richard Sullivan (richsul@earthlink.net)
Date: 02/22/03-11:24:44 AM Z
Chris,
Good luck. There are any number of formulas purporting to be the Fresson
formula that have been published over the years. Art Chaklis, who may still
be on this list, has spent the better part of a decade trying to debug the
process and presented two presentations on his work. One at APIS 97 in Bath
and the other at APIS 2001 in Santa Fe. I myself spent a day as a guest at
Atelier Fresson in Paris. You can actually see the enlarger being used that
was built in the 50's. As for how the paper is made and prepared that is a
secret. I did, however, see them develop prints with the sawdust so that
part is accurate.
Cheers.
--Dick
At 08:36 AM 2/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I know I did this before and it was a wild goose chase, but someone on the
>list is into Fresson printing, and last time I mentioned i had found a
>mention of it in an arcane text that didn't amount to much. Now, going thru
>my files, I found a chapter on it out of Suda House's book, Artistic
>Photographic Processes. Does the person who is interested in getting to the
>bottom of Fresson have this book? It is out of print (from the 70's
>perhaps?) I think....anyway, the notes for making the coated paper come from
>Paul Anderson she says. It contains gelatin, water, pigment, sugar,
>alcohol, honey, and sugar syrup.
>Chris
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