Re: Pre-shrink paper for gum (oa to Katherine)

I EXPOSE my gumprints in indirect daylight!

Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Rose" <cactuscowboy@bresnan.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: Pre-shrink paper for gum (oa to Katherine)

> Differing observations under very different conditions. You're coating
> paper in a room "beside floor to ceiling (north-facing) windows and under
a
> regular light bulb if the outside light is dim." I'm in a sealed darkroom
> with two 100 watt bulbs. There's likely a huge difference in ambient
light
> levels between our two production areas. Apparently indirect daylight
will
> fog paper as your experience shows.
>
> Great website & beautiful photos, thanks for the link!
>
> Best regards,
> Dave Rose
> Powell, Wyoming
> http://www.alternativephotography.com/artists/dave_rose.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Katharine Thayer" <kthayer@pacifier.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Pre-shrink paper for gum (oa to Katherine)
>
>
> > Dave Rose wrote:
> > >
> > > I mix gum solutions and coat paper under normal (incandescent) room
> > > lighting. I haven't tested it, but I believe that it would take
direct
> > > sunlight to fog unexposed gum prints.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Here's another example of differing observations. See my illustration of
> > fogging under room lights for another point of view:
> >
> > http://www.pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/method.html
> >
> > look for the fuzzy brown image under the subheading: coating and
> > exposure.
> > kt
> >
>
>
>
>
Received on Sat Apr 3 15:36:40 2004