Re: oil print media

Hi Gordon&Dennis,
Dennis , could you be a more specific in the description of the method
of Maija.
What is not clear to me is 'pigment with beeswax', I wonder if there is
no some kind of oil in the preparation; bromoil and oilprinting is
based upon the fact that water and oil are not fond of each other.
In the past I contacted Maija per snail-mail with some samples to get
remedies , advices etc., and she is a 'Judy's bromoil-source', and she
is dealing with the whole stuff for decades, so Gordon...... don't be
so impatient.... with oilprinting that is the worth thing to do.
Really, beliefe me, first try to reach the goal of making a decent
oil-print with 'ordinary' stiff litho-ink, and start from here for the
fancy things.
The 'talk' stiffener can only be used if it is not too much; selective
inking can be done in steps; you can completely dry a not finished
matrix , and soak again and start inking with different colors, that is
no problem. You also can apply a second, different color on a 'wet'
matrix, colors will mix on the matrix, it is not easy to control the
result, but it is just a matter of experience.
Succes,
Cheers,
Henk

On 1 jun 2006, at 23:32, dklinker wrote:

> Hi Gordon it is good to hear of your success with oil printing,Maija
> McDougal of the Bromoil Circle in the UK is the expert on Printing
> selectively with coloued inks she makes her own from pigments
> thickened with
> beeswax and heated over a flame with the constituents in a large spoon
> and
> then lets them cool before using and selectively masks the areas to be
> inked
> and uses different Shaving brushes for each colour. Takes Mucho Time
> but
> hell what else can you do with it.
> Good Luck Dennis Klinker
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtsg@duke.usask.ca>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:45 PM
> Subject: oil print media
>
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> Now that I've had some success with oil prints I want to explore my
>> options - always impatient. :)
>>
>> I will try applying ink with a small brush, or perhaps prepared oil
>> pigments (thickened with talc) that I have been told will work.
>>
>> Has anyone tried oil pastel, or oil slicks with oil printing? I want
>> to
>> be able to add color to specific parts of my images. Hand tinting
>> more or
>> less, but using the oil print capabilites of selectively accepting an
>> oil
>> based pigment.
>>
>> Gord
>>
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>> Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
>> holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
>> http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
>> Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
>> Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2
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