Re: more update on lumen prints

From: Andy Duncan ^lt;duncanad45@gmail.com>
Date: 09/28/05-08:51:20 PM Z
Message-id: <13e05e48050928195156eebbe9@mail.gmail.com>

One little trick i tried to lock in the moisture is I would seal the pieces
of glass closed with duct tape. The moisture would bleed a lot more than
usual. Some of the effects this caused were really nice, and other times the
bleed was a little overbearing.

Andy

On 9/28/05, Michael Koch-Schulte <mkochsch@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
> > I told you all I would keep you posted on my student's progress.
> > BTW, her name is Amy Trebella, and she is a sweetie. She said when
> > she started this project she got 1 in 20 that she kept, and now it is
> > 1 in 8.
> >
> > She is trying all different papers, and I keep giving her different
> > samples so she can do the work and I can sit back and reap the
> > benefits :) Forte this week, as well as Ilford Warmtone.
> >
> > One tip she has discovered, is to WET the flower good and drippy, as
> > the moisture really adds to the color formation. Next she'll try
> > fruit, and I imagine the acid will have an effect.
> >
> > Thus ends the update.
> > Chris
>
> That's interesting about the moisture I noticed the same thing. I soaked
> some leaves between wet paper towels prior to putting them under glass. It
> made me wonder even more about the humidity, whether it was worth building
> a
> sealed "lumen box", which could act as a green house or humidor during the
> exposure.
>
>
Received on Wed Sep 28 20:51:36 2005

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : 10/18/05-01:13:02 PM Z CST