RE: My book -- finally!

Dear Sandy,

Can you please share your observations about the different final
supports you've tried for the same image? (I assume the tissue was same
for all prints...)

BTW, congratulations Richard...

Best regards,
Loris.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy King [mailto:sanking@clemson.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 3:56 PM
To: carbon@spitbite.org
Subject: Re: [carbon] My book -- finally!

Congratulations on the book. Does it cover color?

There is for sure no one way to make a carbon print. In general I
find that the process is much cleaner and less subject to error when
synthetic surfaces are used for both the tissue and the final support.

 From the point of view of final image appearance so much depends on
the tissue itself, and how it interacts with the final support. For
example, images from some tissues look much richer on glossy type
fixed out papers, while others like a more matte or flat look. I made
three duplicate images several days ago, placing each on different
final support, two on different fixed out photo papers and one on
Yupo. The difference in appearance of the three images is quite
striking.

Sandy

At 12:10 PM -0600 3/22/07, Richard Sullivan wrote:
>As many of you know, I have been working on a book on carbon
>printing. It's been a struggle and a joy. Every time we get to the
>point where we think we have something down pat, we discover a new
>and better way to do it! We meaning my faithful crew known as the
>Carbon Study Group: myself, Gordon mark, Howard Efner, Carol
>Becvarik, and a few occasional helpers who drop by. A big debt is
>owed to them, especially when they come in excited about making some
>prints and I suggest they try one of my ideas and a days work goes
>in the crapper!
>
>The book is printed in color and is well illustrated which helps
>quite a bit. As we have all learned over the years on this List,
>there is no set way to make a carbon print. This is one of the joys
>and also one of the frustrations of the process, so I beg a bit of
>tolerance on this. As the carbon renaissance matures, we will
>perhaps stabilize some of the procedures. To cover every way a print
>might be made would be an overwhelming a project and certainly
>bewildering to an novice printer.
>
>I have rudimentary website up at www.carbonprinting.com and a link
>to some sample pages.
>
>Enjoy
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