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photographic emulsion?

updated thu 1 jun 00

 

CreatvSpce@AOL.COM on sun 28 may 00


Hi there. :)

I thought I'd try something new with my pottery.
I'm working with combining photography and pottery.
I picked up this stuff called "Liquid Light" , a photographic emulsion,
which I brushed onto a bisqued tile in the darkroom and printed a negative
onto it.

Has anyone tried this?

I've found that the exposure needs to be extra long for this stuff. Like 6
minutes instead of the 20 seconds I am familiar with when making regular
paper prints. It's also not a good idea to do this onto glazed wear without
first priming it with gelatine. My bisqued tiles turned yellow the next day,
though I washed them thuroughly. Maybe that will go away when the dry, I
don't know yet.

I wonder what would happen if I then fired a piece? The image is black and
white so it's made from silver nitrates...anyone know the melting point of
silver? Do you think I should fire this in a certain way? So far, I've
been unable to glaze the tile I did of my sister and her new baby (my first
niece :) ) to keep it safe. I thought of using polyurethane or even acrylic
varnish to seal it. It really is a beautiful process. Any ideas?

Thank you,
Helvi
Creative Space
Rutland, VT
spending Memorial Weekend at the beautiful and finally sunny Lake Bomoseen.
Gotta work on my tan and fish for a cutey this summer.

MOORE, Robert J. on wed 31 may 00


Helvi,
I know a guy who experimented with this technique this past semester. I'll
get w/ him and see what he has to say.
Robert J. Moore
rjmoore2@ius.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: CreatvSpce@AOL.COM [mailto:CreatvSpce@AOL.COM]
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 2:14 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: photographic emulsion?


Hi there. :)

I thought I'd try something new with my pottery.
I'm working with combining photography and pottery.
I picked up this stuff called "Liquid Light" , a photographic emulsion,
which I brushed onto a bisqued tile in the darkroom and printed a negative
onto it.

Has anyone tried this?

I've found that the exposure needs to be extra long for this stuff. Like 6
minutes instead of the 20 seconds I am familiar with when making regular
paper prints. It's also not a good idea to do this onto glazed wear without
first priming it with gelatine. My bisqued tiles turned yellow the next
day,
though I washed them thuroughly. Maybe that will go away when the dry, I
don't know yet.

I wonder what would happen if I then fired a piece? The image is black and
white so it's made from silver nitrates...anyone know the melting point of
silver? Do you think I should fire this in a certain way? So far, I've
been unable to glaze the tile I did of my sister and her new baby (my first
niece :) ) to keep it safe. I thought of using polyurethane or even
acrylic
varnish to seal it. It really is a beautiful process. Any ideas?

Thank you,
Helvi
Creative Space
Rutland, VT
spending Memorial Weekend at the beautiful and finally sunny Lake Bomoseen.
Gotta work on my tan and fish for a cutey this summer.

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Andie on wed 31 may 00


I have never tried this, nor do I even know for sure that I understand what
you're talking about, but I am very interested in any way to transfer photos
of one sort or another on to thrown pieces and then fire them to at least
^6. If anyone works with this, please feel free to email me off-list (or on,
for that matter) with any info. I've been toying with some ideas, but
haven't gotten around to researching them yet.

: ) Andie Carpenter



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-----Original Message-----
From: MOORE, Robert J.
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: photographic emulsion?


>Helvi,
>I know a guy who experimented with this technique this past semester. I'll
>get w/ him and see what he has to say.
>Robert J. Moore
>rjmoore2@ius.edu
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CreatvSpce@AOL.COM [mailto:CreatvSpce@AOL.COM]
>Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 2:14 AM
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: photographic emulsion?
>
>
>Hi there. :)
>
>I thought I'd try something new with my pottery.
>I'm working with combining photography and pottery.
>I picked up this stuff called "Liquid Light" , a photographic emulsion,
>which I brushed onto a bisqued tile in the darkroom and printed a negative
>onto it.
>
>Has anyone tried this?
>
>I've found that the exposure needs to be extra long for this stuff. Like 6
>minutes instead of the 20 seconds I am familiar with when making regular
>paper prints. It's also not a good idea to do this onto glazed wear
without
>first priming it with gelatine. My bisqued tiles turned yellow the next
>day,
>though I washed them thuroughly. Maybe that will go away when the dry, I
>don't know yet.
>
>I wonder what would happen if I then fired a piece? The image is black and
>white so it's made from silver nitrates...anyone know the melting point of
>silver? Do you think I should fire this in a certain way? So far, I've
>been unable to glaze the tile I did of my sister and her new baby (my first
>niece :) ) to keep it safe. I thought of using polyurethane or even
>acrylic
>varnish to seal it. It really is a beautiful process. Any ideas?
>
>Thank you,
> Helvi
> Creative Space
> Rutland, VT
>spending Memorial Weekend at the beautiful and finally sunny Lake Bomoseen.
>Gotta work on my tan and fish for a cutey this summer.
>
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>
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>
>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
melpots@pclink.com.
>