Over the last two years of heavy experimentation with bichromate processes (gum arabic or ammonium caseinate on various papers as well as glass), I’ve had
This is the project that took up most of my 2012. And it’s what I wanted to post about repeatedly during the year, but my
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Continuing in the “Frank’s Kitchens” series: 9 layers of gum, featuring Joe hard at work. I think I may print another layer here; I’m not quite satisfied with the color balance at the moment (which is kinda funny, because I’m color blind). Aah, the trouble with gum prints; I never know when I’m done 🙂
The paper is Stonehenge Warm White.
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Gum over cyanotype on a half sheet of Stonehenge Rising warm white paper.
This print is a direct result of a morning of failures last week. My cyan pigment wouldn’t stay on the paper – a combination of two different problems related to two variables I changed simultaneously. After three poor prints I decided I would forego the cyan for the morning and use cyanotype for the base layer to get me started.
I miscalculated the amount of cyanotype solution I needed (resulting in the …[more]
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This is probably my busiest art-related year ever. A number of things have fallen in to place, all at the same time. I’m a little saddened that it’s taken me further away from posting regularly, but on the other hand, it means that I have work like this that I can post when I have the chance.
Meet Monk E. Burnswell, of Frank’s Kitchens. I’ve accidentally found myself working with these great folks, as part of one of my “I want to do this so …[more]