From: Dave Rose (cactuscowboy@attbi.com)
Date: 01/10/03-09:49:47 PM Z
Am I missing something here? Has Sam actually been accused of killing
birds?
Isn't it common knowledge that paper does not have to be sized for printing
cyanotype?
Dave in Wyoming
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 4:02 PM
Subject: About that bird Re: Sam Wang "Bird from Courtyard"
>
> Sam Wang is having some connectivity problems but he supplied some info
> offline which is worth sharing...
>
> He said the did not, does not, and will not kill birds for art, but "the
> bird ate the berries in our school courtyard and got disoriented from the
> fermented berries & smashed itself into the windows. (Is there a lesson
> here?"
>
> Also,
>
> > The negatives were made from the original digital image on the
> > inexpensive Arista Overhead Transparencies, on the HP printer in my
> > office.
> >
> > Incidentally, I had an extra 500 cards made, and will be glad to send
> > to whoever might ask for one.
>
> (Highly recommended. Sam Wang <stwang@mail.clemson.edu>)
>
> Sam also explains that he does NOT size the paper with gelatin or
> anything else, either before or after the cyanotype. Tho he does
> preshrink, he says he hasn't put gelatin on paper in years.
>
> J.
>
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