[pure-silver] Re: Liquid Light
- From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:42 -0400
I am just catching up on my e-mails so I am entering this thread a bit late.
You can buy canvas in pads of separate sheets just like watercolor paper.
The canvas sheets are already coated with gesso and have no backing. This
way you can coat, expose, process, wash, and dry them just like prints and
THEN stretch them over a wood frame.
CHEERS!
BOB
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Bower
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:35 AM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Liquid Light
I'm guessing that the gesso on the front (and edges) would make the front
(and edges) waterproof. For the back, a couple of coats of polyurethane
might do it, or you could glue on some aluminum foil or a piece of plastic
sheeting.
--
John Bower
www.studioindiana.com
On Apr 6, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Bogdan Karasek wrote:
Hi John,
Interesting idea replacing the wood with a cardboard substrate. But what to
use to render the cardboard waterproof?
This needs some thought.
Cheers,
Bogdan
John Bower wrote:
To avoid the wood, you can get canvas adhered to a cardboard substrate. It
would seem that you could coat the back (the cardboard) with something to
make it waterproof, apply the gesso to the front, then the liquid light to
the gesso. --
John Bower
www.studioindiana.com
On Apr 6, 2008, at 12:02 AM, Bogdan Karasek wrote:
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.
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Bogdan Karasek
Montréal, Québec bogdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Canada www.bogdanphoto.com
"I bear witness"
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