Re: new work: chemigram transfers to polymer photogravure

I must have a look at Ittens my self - I have read some of his stuff a few
years ago but neeed to reread as time has passed....
Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Lybrook" <jon@terabear.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: new work: chemigram transfers to polymer photogravure

> Thanks Kate!
>
> Yes, I did some work with polymer plates before doing that piece. I like
the
> word you used, 'natural'. The process I use to create the
figures/textures
> involves setting up an environment that works like alot of natural
processes:
> convection, smoke rising, cloud patterns, chaos theory in
general...anything
> that involves the mixing of opposites (in my case, developer and fixer
atop
> wonderfully rich and tonally suburb silver -- You know, the other white
meat,
> "Where the black is really black" TM!).
>
> Now that I have the B&W images coming through the way I want, I'm doing a
bunch
> of reading now on Johannes Itten's theories of color, which I'm fascinated
by.
> His ideas of color and depth perception are quite insightful -- they are
filling
> in alot of the gaps in my arts education.
>
> Jon
>
>
> Kate Mahoney wrote:
> > Wow! Pretty amazing - did you have previous experience burning/wiping up
> > plates...I like the images and the colouration seems quite "natural"if
you
> > could say such a thing :)
> >
> > Kate
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon Lybrook" <jon@terabear.com>
> > To: <list@chemigramist.com>; <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 12:00 PM
> > Subject: new work: chemigram transfers to polymer photogravure
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi All,
> >>
> >>My work is taking a departure from the cool serendipidy of
chromoskadesic
> >>effects (the pastel colors apparent in B&W media when making
chemigrams).
> >
> > I
> >
> >>decided I wanted more control over coloration, but keep the forms and
> >
> > textures.
> >
> >> Having finally gotten an answer as to how the colors actually happen
> >
> > with
> >
> >>chemigrams thanks to Polli Marriner's research, and inspired by David
> >
> > Hoptman's
> >
> >>presentation on Polymer Photogravure at APIS last summer, I've started
> >
> > work on
> >
> >>transferring chemigrams to polymer plates.
> >>
> >>After burning a dozen plates and making several dozen prints, (some
> >
> > interesting
> >
> >>enough, most horrible, some in black and white, some in color) I've
> >
> > started to
> >
> >>have some success.
> >>
> >>The only one I've got to show now can be seen here:
> >>http://lytescapes.com/thejourneycontinues.jpg
> >>
> >>The image is from a cropped area (about 1" high) from a high-rez scan of
> >
> > 4x5
> >
> >>chemigram on ortho-litho film. The plate is 4x5 and is made without any
> >>aquatint screen, from an inkjet transparency, and hand-colored (a la
> >
> > poupee
> >
> >>using cardboard cards and Q-tips) directly on the plate. I've been
> >
> > getting the
> >
> >>solid colors by packing the ink into the open bite areas, which were
> >>unintentional at first, but I think I like them. Softer tones were
> >
> > achieved by
> >
> >>adding plate oil to the inks for increased transparency.
> >>
> >>In case it has to be said, kindly worded constructive criticism is
always
> >
> > welcomed!
> >
> >>Look forward to hearing your responses. Have a great weekend.
> >>
> >>Jon
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Sun Mar 7 02:26:25 2004