Re: Back-exposing on plastic (was: Re: Gum transfer

Where are all those wonderful inventions and images hidden? I whish I had
the opportunity to see the St Louis exhibit.
Marek

>From: Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Back-exposing on plastic (was: Re: Gum transfer
>Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 14:13:57 -0400
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>In fact there was once a tricolor carbon printing process in which cyan,
>magenta and yellow tissues on plastic were exposed from the back and then
>mounted together to form the final image. It was called Belcolor and was
>used in the 1940s. Later a striping material was marketed which allowed the
>part reliefs to be transferred to paper.
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>Sandy
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>>On May 2, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Katharine Thayer wrote:
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>>>Of course these wouldn't be presented like paper prints; that would
>>>defeat the purpose, as you say. What baffles me is why you would have
>>>supposed that anyone would do this. My idea is to sandwich them between
>>>two pieces of glass with a frame that can be seen from both sides, wood
>>>that holds the glass securely and provides a frame. and then hang them
>>>between pedestals so that people can walk around them. Kind of the way
>>>stained glass pieces are displayed.
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>>Ooh, I just thought of an idea. I think we've decided that you can't do
>>more than one coat this way, but maybe you could do tricolor by exposing
>>each color layer on a separate transparency, and then sandwiching them
>>together.
>>Katharine
Received on 05/02/06-12:19:43 PM Z