[pure-silver] Re: Liquid Light

  • From: Bill Stephenson <photographica@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:04:43 -0400

[catching up after too long away from keyboard]
Many (30-35) years ago, I had a friend who ran a small studio specializing in maritime photography. At least he would *like* to have specialized, but it didn't always pay the bills. So, along with some catalog work, he developed a sideline: a photo of your boat (ship, yacht, rubber raft, etc.) on *anything*. He used what I believe was Liquid Light, and printed on t-shirts, canvas, tote bags, boat pennants, and so on. My favorite of his efforts was one that his wife came up with: a photo of your boat converted to line art via Kodalith then printed on either a fist-sized beach stone (worn smooth) or a much larger smooth stone (to use as a porch ornament). He'd print up a hundred or so paperweight size stones with generic ship and/or maritime images and she'd sell out at every craft fair she went to. At ten bucks a rock, this was a fairly lucrative, if long, evening's work. I still have one that's been exposed to daylight for most of its life and still looks as if someone drew the image yesterday with India ink. So, when you say "nearly anything", you're so right. 

-Bill


On Apr 6, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Mark Blackwell wrote:
Liquid Light is an emulsion that can be painted on nearly anything. After that its just like any photographic paper. You could paint it on the stretched canvas (which is what I was going to do) and then just develop it like any other paper. You can use wood, tin, (like a fake tin type) glass which might be fun, or really most anything. There is some brief information on it on the B&H website. Doesn't look like it goes that far though. I think I might have a local source though and IF I am really lucky in a way, it will be on a clearance sale. Picked up an developing tank for a grand sum of $.77 recently.
Are you making your own emulsion? If so Id love to know what you are doing. 


--- On Sat, 4/5/08, Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Liquid Light
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008, 11:02 PM
Hi Mark,

Could you please keep us appraised of your results. Are you
using an
emulsion that you use for making dry glass plates, or is
Liquid Light
something different?  Are you using gelatin to enable the
emulsion to
adhere to the canvas as you would if preparing a glass
plate negative.

I've worked something out on paper but I haven't
had a chance to try it
out yet.  I bought canvas that was already stretched on a
12"x12" wooden
frame.  I've already applied the Gesso, which is that
white stuff you
coat a canvas with to stop the paint from leaking through
the canvas.
I'm wondering if Liquid Light needs the Gesso or can be
applied to the
raw canvas directly.  Do you use gelatin for the emulsion
to adhere? One
problem I foresee is putting the stretched canvas into the
developer.
The developer gets into the wood;  will the stop penetrate
and stop the
developper action.  Then the fixer, again, absorption by
the wood.  I
don't know how the wood is going to react, will the
chemicals wash out?
  There are two elements that have I have to take into
consideration,
the canvas and the wood.  A regular paper print doesn't
need a support.
  Maybe you can try using the canvas without stretching.

Anyway, it's an interesting idea worth pursuing.  Keep
us posted, or me
at least.  I want to try the same thing with "rice
paper".

Cheers,
Bogdan

Mark Blackwell wrote:

Well I am getting in the experimenting mood again.

FINALLY   The latest idea is a bit different for me.
Instead of using photo paper, the idea is to use Liquid
Light to create an emulsion on different types of
materials.  The particular idea I'm first to try is
instead of using a digital inkjet print on canvas, why not
put an emulsion on artist canvas and make a wet black and
white print that way.


Lots of things could be used, but I've never heard

of this being done and it sounds like it might be a neat
effect.


Mark
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