Digital BW, The Print

Mark,

I am glad to hear you did pursue this! I do remember you mentioning you were
thinking about trying it. That is a very nice print and look! I wish I could
see it person. This may be the best approach, to emphasize the coating as
part of the work rather than unsuccessfully trying to make it invisible as I
was doing. I guess the overall lack of enthusiasm for the people who saw the
prints lead me to think no one was interested.

Thanks,
Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Tucker" <mtucker508@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Coating, was Photogravure


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley"
> <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> > Jim,
> > I sent around a traveling collection of coated prints and no one
> was
> > inspired by the look to take up varnishing.
>
>
> Untrue, young man.
>
> I might not go as far as saying that your package alone inspired
> me to coat, but your posts, and Robert's, and others tweaked my
> curiosity to experiment. As of now, I'm glazing every "serious"
> print that I make for display.
>
> Here's my procedure:
>
> 1. Make print on Museo or PhotoRag.
> 2. Leave highlights just a tad open and light.
> 3. First coat is with LeFranc Ageing Varnish. In the bottle, it's the
> color of 10W40, and about that thick. It tints the highlights
> somewhat yellow, and punches up the black in the Museo.
> 4. Let that dry one day.
> 5. Final coat is with Oleopasto, applied with either sheetrock
> knife or foam brush, and then finish-brushed with regular brush.
> It's very thick, like petroleum jelly, and dries a semigloss, and
> leaves body and texture of the brush strokes.
> 6. Let that dry one day.
>
> http://marktucker.com/temp/5481.JPG
>
> I have been wrapping the prints around a wood frame, almost
> like a canvas painting, but honestly, that's getting old, even now.
> Adds lots of time that won't be rewarded come sale time.
>
> I think my new thing will be to coat just the image area, so that it
> shows a semigloss look, against the matte look of the
> surrounding paper. Much less post-production. I'm just not sure
> how I'll frame it, because I don't want glass in front of it.
>
> One big thing that this whole mess does -- it takes the
> "computer-ness" out of the print to a large degree. The prints feel
> more hand-done and organic.
>
> I'm sure that what I'm doing is not OSHA/Archival-approved, but
> hey, I like the look and I hate every water-based product that I've
> tried. They all leave that "plastic-y" look; oil is the only way for me.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> MT, http://www.marktucker.com/
>
>
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