[pure-silver] Re: Colour paper emulsion in bottles ?
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:23:40 -0800
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From: "K W Hart" <kwhart1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:23 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Colour paper emulsion in bottles
?
I make "faux-paintings" from my portraits by peeling apart
standard color RC paper prints and mounting the now-thinner
print onto artist's canvas board.
I soak the print overnight, lay it wet face down on a
clean, smooth surface, and peel the backing layer off at a
corner. I start rolling the backing onto a wooden dowel
diagonally across the print. I keep a wet sponge handy to
keep the print soaked. Usually, I'll have to scrub the
back of the emulsion layer to get more of the backing off.
I use a thinned white glue to mount the photo onto
artist's canvas board under pressure in a dry-mount press
with low heat for maybe an hour. After it thoroughly
dries, I brush-stroke the portrait with a clear varnish.
Normally when I do this, I make an extra print- it's not
uncommon to ruin the print in the process of separating it
from the backing.
Ken Hart
This is about the method I was thinking of in my post.
I'm glad to see that it still works and have some practical
detail.
The person asking about this probably wants to have the
paper texture show through. I can see that it would work for
canvas but is the transferred layer thin enough to show
texture of hand-made paper?
AFAIK platinum/paladium or salt prints are about the
only ones showing the paper texture but I am no expert.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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