From: Richard Sullivan (richsul@earthlink.net)
Date: 03/13/03-09:18:49 PM Z
Stuart has made significant inroads into gum printing in the last 18
months. I am not at liberty to discuss exactly what he has discovered since
that will be the punch line of his APIS presentation this July in Santa Fe.
I can say that there are significant changes to what his procedure is now
versus then.
I can say he is one of those rare persons who can sniff out the significant
variables in an alt process. Of course he has also dedicated virtually full
time to this project. This is his life's work thanks to his wife Rosey's
dedicated support.
--Dick Sullivan
At 04:06 PM 3/13/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>After re-reading Stuart Melvin's article in the July/August 2001 issue of
>View Camera magazine, I don't understand why it's considered "new ground
>work". His gum printing procedure is about as straightforward and
>'traditional' as any I've ever seen. Gum over platinum is hardly a novel
>idea. It was done many, many years ago. Edward Steichen's "The Flatiron",
>1905, is a good example of an early gum over platinum.
>
>Am I unaware of radical new discoveries in gum or combination gum/platinum
>printing that Melvin has made since 2001?
>
>My comments are in no way intended to diminish or dismiss Mr. Melvin's work.
>Based on the reproductions in View Camera, he's clearly producing some
>exciting and beautiful work. I just don't see how his printing procedure is
>new or different enough to warrant consideration of a new name.
>
>Best regards,
>Dave Rose
>Big Wonderful Wyoming
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Sullivan" <richsul@earthlink.net>
>To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:43 AM
>Subject: The Holy Grail
>
>(snip)
>"I find it exciting that people like you Pete, are developing new processes.
>Yours is really a "gum" based process but sufficiently different enough to
>have a new name. The new ground work Melvin is doing is also phenomenal and
>though it is traditional "gum" in the basics, it too may deserve a new
>name."
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