Re: Gesso sizing (Katharine) Ooops Gelatine Mold

From: Katharine Thayer ^lt;kthayer@pacifier.com>
Date: 01/19/06-03:03:51 PM Z
Message-id: <8E37BECD-D3DC-4B79-89A3-1D0B6C211C44@pacifier.com>

On Jan 19, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Ender100@aol.com wrote:

> Katherine,
>
> I have a nice floral gelatine mold that my mother used to make
> holiday salads with... oooops wrong topic!

Yeah, I used to make jello molds like that too, back probably before
your time, with cream cheese and pineapple and whatnot in the jello.
Yetch!

>
> But seriously,,,,
>
> 1. What is the base or carrier for the gesso? Is it an acrylic?
> That would seem to help with sizing, wouldn't it?

Yes, it is acrylic.

>
> 2. Since the print is being exposed to UV light, would that not
> kill off the mold spores, or at least make them a little retarded?
> UV light is used in water supply systems and air filters to kill
> mold spores, bacteria, etc, and I would think the heavy dose given
> during printing should help...except where the negative is very
> dense... maybe flashing the gelatine without dichromate prior to
> coating & printing?

Interesting point.

kt
Received on Thu Jan 19 15:05:01 2006

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