From: Tom Ferguson (tomf2468@pipeline.com)
Date: 09/25/03-03:57:43 PM Z
Yes, because the cloth is more absorbent than paper. What I've found is
that cloth really wants to be "saturated". I put a few sheets of paper
towels behind my cloth then really paint/soak the chemistry on. Much
more even tones and better D-Max than trying to "stretch" a small
(normal) amount of chemistry onto cloth. I must admit, this is one of
the reasons this project is in silver (kallitype) rather than
platinum$$$.
I started using "Puma" (Pima??) cotton until local stores couldn't get
that for me anymore and I switched to "Kona" cotton. Not much
difference. Most any fine thread "dress shirt" cotton seems to work.
I've seen Mapplethorpe work on "silk", but I found cotton much better. I
wash (then iron) my cloth before coating, some of the chemicals/size in
the original cloth interfered. My wife always laughs and says that is
the only ironing I'm willing to do! You might want to look at Jeffrey
Mathis's web site for some good info (he helped me a lot getting started
with cloth):
http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/
On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Patricia Reed wrote:
> Thanks...
> Do you mean 3 times the amount of chemistry because the cloth soaks so
> much of it up?
> What kind of cloth did you use?
>
>>>> tomf2468@pipeline.com 09/25/03 02:51PM >>>
> I've had good luck (and fun) with kallitype on cloth. The needed neg
> (with my chemistry and cloth and toning) is very similar to the correct
>
> neg for paper. It does take about 3 time the amount of chemistry! See
> here (toy series) for a few examples:
> http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com/finearta.shtml
>
> On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 08:16 AM, Patricia Reed wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any experience/insight in printing Vandyke on
> fabric?
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Tom Ferguson
http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com
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