tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post6810632968737587935..comments2023-08-22T06:37:59.379-04:00Comments on nonfigurativephoto: Resistive notes (2) - to shake or not to shakedcollinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211802069564554414noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-43561205452713659632011-02-04T16:36:44.650-05:002011-02-04T16:36:44.650-05:00Hi Douglas
Thanks for this really helpful reply, ...Hi Douglas<br /><br />Thanks for this really helpful reply, and for sharing all the great work on this blog. I'll be trying my first chemigrams tomorrow ...<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />CarolCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17337655889344270414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-37941757857791871892011-02-01T00:26:24.248-05:002011-02-01T00:26:24.248-05:00Hi Carol. If you use a varnish resist - or any re...Hi Carol. If you use a varnish resist - or any resist for that matter - you may start either with the developer tray or the fixer tray, depending on how you want the background to appear. You soak for, say 2 minutes, then move the paper to the other tray. You can do a soak in the water bath also - it's not necessary, but it may help to swell the paper and weaken the resist. Then you repeat and repeat. You'll see Mackie lines start to form, and then you'll see the resist itself resist start to slough off - yes, it's OK to pick it off too. Tweezers work nicely. There's more to it than this, but it's a start. Good luck.dcollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211802069564554414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-51650112964228285552011-01-31T18:40:23.848-05:002011-01-31T18:40:23.848-05:00Hi Douglas
I saw chemigrams for the first time at...Hi Douglas<br /><br />I saw chemigrams for the first time at the V&A Shadow Catchers exhibition a few weeks ago, and am just getting myself ready for a darkroom session where I want to experiment with chemigrams. I'm based in the UK.<br /><br />I have a real beginners question about using resists and making the kind of chemigrams you've described in this post.<br /><br />I'm wondering what the sequence of developer / fixer is for these experiments. Or are they both on the paper at the same time?<br /><br />I'm finding your blog very inspiring and helpful - many thanks for sharing all this great stuff.<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />CarolCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17337655889344270414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058180378437995577.post-45873186910696280392010-12-03T00:22:04.886-05:002010-12-03T00:22:04.886-05:00I'm in favor of shaking the trays, but gently....I'm in favor of shaking the trays, but gently. Actually, agitation is one of the factors in the chemigram, along with the resist (varnish, wax, oil), its fluidity, thickness, the way of coating it, and the quality of the photoemulsion, the developers and fixers, their dilution and temperature, etc.Pierre Cordierhttp://www.pierrecordier.comnoreply@blogger.com