Kate,
As I mentioned before, pt/pd was the only process I am currently prepared
to work with (I'm still waiting on chemistry...and motivation). I do plan
to try out a bunch of other processes such as VDB, toned cyanotype (now
that I'm thinking about it, I do have some cyano chemistry...), and
kallitype.
I initially chose pt/pd as my first papyrus attempt because of the colors
it produces. I thought it would go very well with the color of the
papyrus (which it does). I didn't know that kallitypes can look like
pt/pd, so I will definitely give that a try one of these days. I'll keep
you posted.
Camden Hardy
camden@hardyphotography.net
http://www.hardyphotography.net
On Sun, July 30, 2006 4:07 pm, Kate M wrote:
> Please critique! (As much as a scan will allow at least)
>
> Hi Camden, I take on board that you can see more detail on the print than
> in
> the scan, but I also wonder (with Loris)whether this is a suitable
> "marriage" of surface and emulsion? According to some earlier posts on
> this
> list, Kallitype is almost identical to platinum if skilfully printed. Why
> not save that luscious platinum for a smooth paper that will show it off
> to
> its best advantage? I've printed silver emulsion on several surfaces, and
> found that the detail gets lost on the roughest. I tried Japanese paper.
> The
> emulsion worked well technically but the prints looked awful. Not that
> yours
> does (she says hastily), but I think you could do better by that image on
> a
> smoother surface. My daughter sent me a card for my birthday this year
> with
> three Moulin Rouge-clad dancing frogs. Inside it says "Just because you
> can-can doesn't mean you should-should". I'm keeping it in mind :)
>
> Cheers
> Kate
>
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