BobWicks@aol.com on sat 6 jul 96
Hi Brian:
I have a copy of 'Breaking The Rules: A Photo Media Cookbook" by Bea Nettles
Second Edition 1987 Inky Press Productions ISBN 0-930810-02-3.
Distributed by Prarie Book Arts Center, Box 725, Urbana,IL 61801. I have
done Gum Bichromate prints and cyanotype on Ceramic tiles, however I never
fired them after the print was on. They look quite handsome, however they
are subject to deteriation over time. There is a process whereby the photo
was put on the ceramic surface and a glaze fired over it and it is the best I
have ever seen. The author of the process is Tracy Diers of New York City.
That was some years ago. He published an article in Mechanics Illustrated.
There must be a record of this that is updated and I would be very
interested in it also. Some where in my library I have a copy of his
article. I would be very interested in pursuing this with you. I have
several other books on this topic as I specialized in this when I was
teaching college. Eastman Kodak graphics divisi9on would probably have some
material on this topic as they make the film used in doing the images. Most
of these non-silver process are very slow emulsions requiring long exposures
so that makes contact printing a necessity. I would also add that I have
done some prints by projection, however the exposures were as long as 18
minutes.
Good luck.
Bobwicks@AOL.com
dannon@ns1.koyote.com on sat 6 jul 96
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi Brian
I have>done Gum Bichromate prints
Eastman Kodak graphics divisi9on would probably have some
>material on this topic as they make the film used in doing the images.
Most
>of these non-silver process are very slow emulsions requiring long exposures
>so that makes contact printing a necessity.
>Bobwicks@AOL.com
>
I have used a similar process also, making a paper negative from a slide,
then exposing the film in sunlight, etc. The film in large sizes is
expensive, and the last time I got some it was directly from Kodak. Once
the film was exposed and the bichromate washed off (a very poisonous,
difficult to dispose of substance by the way), the film itself can be used
like a lithography plate or stone, run on a litho press, and repeated
prints of the image made; so long as the film gets reasonable care it can be
stored and used for years. I have somewhere an article on the process and
will dig it out if anyone wants it. Can't be fired, but wonderful images on
clay plates can be made. I haven't tried it, but I suppose it could be done
on top of a slip, then the slip sgraffitoed, and then fired.........other
possibilities come to mind.
Dannon Rhudy
Tom Buck on sat 6 jul 96
Brian Kemp, Bob Wicks, et al: There was an article published in the 1970s
in Studio Potter. It was titled "Photo Resist" and written by Gerry Williams
and described two Kodak techniques for transfering a photographic image
to other medium. The article was reprinted in the Studio Potter Book,
pages 44-47, issued in 1978 by Van Rostrand Reinhold ISBN 0-442-29461-1.
Perhaps this is the piece that Brian K recalls. Cheers TomB Hamilton Canada
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