Re: uranium prints

Seems to me I recall that one of us had a vial of uranium nitrate *in
his pocket* (!) in Santa Fe back in July. . . .

For the sake of propriety and honor I won't mention his name; but his
initials are Ed Buffalo (unblinkingeye.com).

Hey, Ed. . . you out there? . . . aglow?

Regards to all,
John
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On Monday, November 17, 2003, at 03:50 PM, Judy Seigel wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Keith Gerling wrote:
>
>> Judy,
>>
>> I've always wanted to try gum over uranium prints. I wonder what the
>> long-term effects of radiation would have on the colloid? And would
>> it be
>
> Keith,
>
> My understanding was that uranium nitrate has about as much radiation
> as a
> watch dial -- it was the WORD "radiation" that was lethal. tho I'm not
> sure what visual advantage gum over uranium would have -- uranium
> toning
> wasn't considered perfectly archival, but I don't know about the
> chemical
> in a print emulsion.
>
> Also I doubt uranium prints glow... for glow you want I forget whether
> it's called phosphorescent or fluorescent paint, but there are lots of
> them readily available... I've seen paintings done with them & very
> tasty.... tho of course they have to be charged with daylight. I would
> imagine that you could put the glowing paint directly in a gum
> emulsion --
> or if not the paint, the substance that makes them glow.
>
> Jewellia meanwhile had promised an article about her uranium prints for
> whichever issue of P-F it was, but then she decided to turn the issue
> into
> a "performance piece" for a character she invented called, if memory
> serves, "Poor cunt" (or similar). The "poetry" she tendered didn't
> let's
> say "work" for P-F', despite my expenditure of two weeks editing
> genius. I
> think anyway she'd decided P-F wasn't the "art" milieu she wanted &
> broke
> her promises to provide the formula. So... finis.
>
> I then tried to find a source of uranium (I had probably enough for one
> batch but readers had to be able to get it) so I could publish the
> formula.... but with the time & energy available, couldn't. Nor could
> any
> of the many sources I queried advise me (who knew about e-bay? It may
> have
> been before e-bay anyway). In fact everyone I've heard of til now who
> had
> uranium nitrate inherited it -- eg, with a father's darkroom.
>
> In the interval I did come across a formula or two for uranium
> printing,
> but figured no point in pursuing since the chemical wasn't available &
> I
> have reams of formulas untried or waiting for their close-up for which
> chemicals are readily at hand. However, if Bob S. or someone else
> doesn't
> tender that formula, I'll try to retrieve.
>
> Judy
>
>
>
>
>> possible to add something to the gum emulsion that would glow?
>> Seeing that
>> uranium nitrate is readily available at a decent price, are there
>> instructions available somewhere on how to go about making uranium
>> prints?
>> If I recall, Bob Schramm and Jewelia Margaritte Cameroon have both
>> discussed
>> making uranium prints, but couldn't find any directions anywhere.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 4:04 PM
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: Re: softening gelatin.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, John Cremati wrote:
>>
>>> The digestive enzymes Papain from the Papaya, and Bromelain
>>> from
>>> pineapple, pepsin from strawberries and kiwi , can all be purchased
>>> in
>>> health food stores in isolated form...They all have a effect on
>> proteins...
>>
>>
>> This would certainly be more "scientific," measurable and repeatable
>> than
>> pineapple skin. What are these enzymes generally sold for (or is that
>> something I don't want to know?)???
>>
>> New topic: I got to chatting with someone last night who told me a
>> friend of hers had bought "uranium" (I assume uranium nitrate) on
>> e-bay
>> and was making uranium prints. Does e-bay have a chemicals division,
>> or...???
>>
>> J.
>>
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 17 19:39:04 2003