Now I would like to exchange information and experience with other=20
serious carbon printer:
- who does make carbon printing? =3D> exchange of adresses
- reason why to use carbon =3D> your philosophy of printing
- situation in your country relating to exhibitions, articles in magazines,=
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galleries, work-shops, popularity
- your technique, materials and experience with alternatives
- news =3D> improvements, books, materials, equipment, permanence...
My technique:
I use only selfmade presensitized pigment tissue and print direct from=20
original 8X10 and 11X14 inch negatives (mainly portrait and architecture)=
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on Arches paper or baryta paper
Pigment tissue:
water 1100 ml
gelatin 100 g
glycerin 10 ml
sugar 6 g
alcohol (defoamer) 20 ml
pigment:
watercolor(tube) lampblack 6 ml
(+burned siena 0,3- 0,6 ml) =20
Ammoniumdichromat 15 g
Coating at 50=B0C on preweted paper, 1200 ml/qm, drying 12 hours with=20
ventilation at 20=B0C
Developing 3 minutes at 30=B0C (to prevent bubbles) then 20-35 minutes at=
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40-50=B0C, face up and (sometimes heavy) permanent agitation to prevent fog=
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and 6-8 complete exchanges of hot water.
Hope to hear from you!
Stefan Stecher
Reutlingerstr. 10
D-87439 Kempten
Germany
voice: +49 (0) 831 - 87130
email: stefan.stecher@htw-kempten.de