RE: My book -- finally!

Yes, but bear in mind that the characteristics I describe would only
apply to this specific carbon tissue formula, which tends to produce
a final print with a matte rather than sheen surface. But for this
image the result was as follows.

1. Fixed out Kodak Polymax FD surface, double weight. There is a real
glow to the print in the mid-tones and highlights.

2. Arista single weight matte surface. Print has much less life, very
little sparkle.

3. Yupo. Print is flat dead.

However, if using a tissue with a tendency toward a lot of gloss, say
one made with just the Black Cat carbon pigment ink, a print on Yupo
can look very nice.

This is why I wrote that so much depends on the interaction between
the tissue and the final support.

Sandy

At 4:07 PM +0200 3/23/07, Loris Medici wrote:
>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
>>_______________________________________________
>>Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
>>carbon mailing list
>>carbon@spitbite.org
>>FAQ at http://spitbite.org/carbon/list.html
>_______________________________________________
>Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
>carbon mailing list
>carbon@spitbite.org
>FAQ at http://spitbite.org/carbon/list.html
>_______________________________________________
>Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
>carbon mailing list
>carbon@spitbite.org
>FAQ at http://spitbite.org/carbon/list.html
_______________________________________________
Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
carbon mailing list
carbon@spitbite.org
FAQ at http://spitbite.org/carbon/list.html
Received on Fri Mar 23 06:20:15 2007