Pinhol-Egg (was: Re Happy Easter !

A message forwarded from Mike Atwell who seems to have difficulties posting on the list (but he does receive the messages)

Happy Easter everybody!

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> De: "Chrome Dome" <crdome@lycos.com>
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> Guy,
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> Indeed, I cannot upload messages to the site. I think the problem is that I changed my IP (internet provider) just before the pinhole site switched locations and there are perhaps safeguards to prevent "unregistered" participants.
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> Please, reply with my message attached to the list.
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> I love your idea of expanding the possibilities of the positive/negative theme to other media.
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> Mike
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> Guy,
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> I thought about working with eggs last year, but decided against it. Unfortunately, I recently trashed all my web links for blowing eggs, and buying emptied ostrich and emu eggs. It is quite possibly you could even buy them fresh within perhaps 20 miles of your home. Here in Indiana, there were several people who sell these eggs fresh within that distance from me. If you use fresh eggs you may have to rinse their interior with a lye solution (sodium hydroxide) or other corrosive chemical to remove any organic material.
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> If purchasing empty eggs, I would enquire if the inside had been chemically cleaned to remove the membrane.
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> Other eggs, larger than chicken eggs are duck and geese eggs. I once lived with a USDA meat plant inspector who would routinely bring home duck eggs from the slaughtered birds. Most of the eggs had a very thin shell, not having fully developed before the premature death.
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> Some eggs shells (maybe all) are translucent. What I had planned to do was use the liquid light, make the exposure, develop the egg and set it on top of a lighted box. My vision of this process was to saw or grind away an end of the egg creating a hole the size of a quarter. I would apply and let the emulsion dry. When ready, I planned to cover the hole with a piece of stainless steel adhesive tape with pre-drilled pinhole and expose.
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> Several things just occurred to me.
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> -If my assumptions concerning the translucent property are correct, you would need to apply a resist such as India Ink or black lacquer or other soluble resist on the outside of the shell.
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> -To avoid the hassles of removing resists, the egg could be taped to the lid of a light-tight lidded canister. The egg?s opening would rest against the lid and the egg be taped to the lid which contains the pinhole.
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> -I had always assumed my image projected by the light box would be a negative, but that would not need to be the case. Again assuming translucent properties, after the egg is developed, the exterior could be painted with liquid light and exposed from within. That would be the ultimate contact print.
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> I'm eager to see your submission to WPPD. I'm still blown away by your murals. I have taken a bit of a respite from pinholes and been playing with vintage 616 and 6x9 folding cameras.
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> http://www.p-bailey.net/id174.htm
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> Mike Atwell
> a. k .a. Chrome Dome
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