Re: "The Pond - Moonlight" and the Gum-Bichromate Process


"B. Anthony Cutteridge" <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
news:pan.2006.02.17.16.13.49.667629@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey, all.

I was most interested to see a photograph sell for more
than $3 Million
CDN, but after seeing an on-line copy of the image I can
understand why,
at least to some extent. Quite apart from its historial
value, it is a
beautiful print, and given that it is a multiple-printed
gum-bichromate
print involving various pigment layers, the production of
the print is
quite an artisitic feat by itself.

I would be interested in trying the process myself, just
out of
curiousity. I have a book that details the process, as
well as many
other artistic but now-antiquated printing processes, but
one of the
biggest problems is that gum-bichromate is a
contact-printing process,
meaning the final image is only as large as the negative
used to print it.
I would like to know the most efficient means of producing
a large
negative (ie: 8x10, or 11x16 if possible) from a 35mm
negative.

If anyone has any suggestions or can refer me to any
resources, either
printed or online, I would be most greatful.

-Brian.

A Google search for "gum bichromate" returned lots of
sites. The basic process is simple but there are a great
many variations. I also recommend the alternative processes
mailing list. There is an archive of the list with
subsciption instructions at:


Archives:

All the messages sent to this list have been saved in an
archive. They
are available in two ways:

A browseable index on a web site at:

http://www.usask.ca/lists/alt-photo-process

There is "web mirror" of the current months messages at:

http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg/photo/current


In fact, there is an on-going discussion of the best
methods of gum printing on the list now.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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