From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 01/10/03-10:51:04 PM Z
Dave wrote:
>Am I missing something here? Has Sam actually been accused of killing
>birds?
No need to worry, Dave, no one has accused Sam of killing birds. But
he does not care much for my cat, and he really disliked my miniature
weiner dog, may he rest in peace (the dog that is).
>
>Isn't it common knowledge that paper does not have to be sized for printing
>cyanotype?
I think you may have missed the point, Dave. Sam is making tri-color
gum/cyanotypes, that is, one printing of cyanotype and several colors
in gum. Judy was not talking just about printing cyanotype. Don't
most people size the paper when doing multiple gum printings?
BTW, I have seen the actual tri-color cyanotype/gum prints that Judy
commented on based on the nice card that Sam sent out. They are truly
of exceptional quality, and the detail is better than anything I have
ever seen in a gum print. When I saw them for the first time I
thought they were really beautiful color prints that he had produced
digitally. Well, some of that nice details is due to the cyanotype
layer of course.
Sandy King
>
>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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