Re: Glut AND job

Great News Chris congratulations from the UK
Dennis Klinker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Glut AND job

> Hi Sandy,
> I'm back from Florida and my daughter's wedding. What a nice break
because
> afterwards I got a week to sun n' fun!
>
> Hope this question was answered, but as far as albumen, no tries for me
> there.
>
> I use 6ml 2.5% per liter. I have notes that Ryuji uses 1 ml per gram of
dry
> gelatin in the solution, which would make that up to 30ml per liter. I
have
> yet to try it that high, but thought I would next batch of sized paper. I
> have never felt the gelatin to be slimy, though, with the 6ml which has
> always been sufficient through hundreds of sheets of paper. And I KNOW
glut
> is doing the job because the paper I did not harden with it was hopelessly
> stained.
>
> You know the Formulary is now carrying glut?
>
> I wanted to announce to the list--that Montana State University conducted
a
> national search for the position I am currently occupying, and after
> narrowing down and interviews and campus visits from all candidates I got
> the job!!! I found out as I was boarding the plane for FL. I am now an
> assistant professor.
>
> I just have to say that part of the reason I got the job was the
incredible
> community here on the alt list--my first alt class I taught at MSU this
> semester was a 100% success (except for one student who moved, forgot to
> withdraw, and therefore flunked). The work coming out of that class was
so
> astonishing that at our final critique I had 4 or 5 other people not in
the
> class that stayed the entire crit and said it was a crit like "none
other".
> Could've been the beer...
>
> ...I will be teaching alternative processes every year as well as
> Experimental Photography, Non-Fiction (theory/documentary/photojournalism
> class) and Senior Thesis. I'm excited to finally be STABLE.
> Chris
>
>
> > Some weeks ago Ryuji sent me a small quantity of glut and I am about to
> > start experimenting with it. What I have is a 2.5% solution, and Ryuji's
> > directions are to add about 5-10ml of this solution to each liter of
> > gelatin solution.
> >
> > Is the hardening immediate when one sizes paper with glut?
> >
> > Also, anyone have any information of how the glut might work in sizing
> > papers with an albumen type coating, i.e. egg white solution?
> >
> > Sandy
> >
>
>
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