Re: Platinum over Gum

Ahhh, I forgot to mention Stan Klimek.

Sandy

>Yes, gum over platinum dates from the beginning
>of the last century and I have seen quite a
>number of vintage prints from that period. And
>all of the ones I have seen were rather dull and
>flat. By contrast the work of some of the
>contemporary photographers doing gum over
>platinum has a glow and luminosity not present
>in the vintage prints, at least not in the ones
>that I have seen. By contemporary workers I mean
>the Melvin/Kouklis/Harmon gang.
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>For a good idea of how this bandits are working
>the process see Clay's article at
>http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/GoverP/goverp.html.
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>Plus ça change, plus ça çhange, as some pervert the saying.
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>Sandy King
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>>It was being done approximately 100 years ago. There's plenty of work out
>>there.
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>>I've never done it so I have no helpful advice. Isn't the usual procedure
>>gum over platinum?
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>>Dave in Wyoming
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>>> Is anyone on the list currently printing, or has anyone ever printed
>>> platinum/palladium over gum? I'm fairly experienced with Pt/Pd, and I'd
>>> like to start working in gum to shake things up a little bit. The few
>>> platinum over gum prints I've seen seemed to bring out the best of both
>>> processes, so that seemed like the next logical step (after I experiment
>>> with gum printing on its own, first).
>>>
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>>> BTW, I apologize for this off-topic posting to the new "Attachments vs. No
>>> Attachments" Mailinglist. =8^P
>>>
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>>>
>>> -Schuyler Grace
>>>
>>>
Received on Sun Sep 5 08:34:27 2004