Gumoil Photographic Printing, Revised Edition / Edition 1

by Karl Koenig

Overview

There is renewed interest among art photographers in a number of historic printing techniques because of the remarkable effects they produce. The reader will discover how to create beautifully tinted mono- and polychromatic gum and oil images using the author's version of this 19th century technique. Step-by-step illustrated instructions with directions for further experimentation provide a perfect source for learning this new, yet old, printing technique.

Gumoil printing involves contact-printing a positive transparency onto gum-coated paper. Oil paint is then applied and rubbed into nongummed areas of the print. With bleach etching, mono- and polychromatic variations are possible. A chapter on digital printing combines the new and the historic, making this technique even more accessible for the art photographer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780240803678
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/1999
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

The Gumoil Method and Its Origins; Images That Work, Images That Don't ; Enlarged Positive and Negative Transparencies; Paper and Paper Preparation ; Exposure and Development of the Latent Paper Print; Basic Monochromatic Printing; Polychromatic Gumoil Printing; Variations and Manipulations; Other Considerations; Digital Printmaking

Editorial Reviews

Koenig's main interests during his two decades of photography have been high quality black-and-white printing and alternative processes. Here he explains a new method of using a 19th-century printing technique. It involves contact printing a positive transparency onto gum-coated paper, then applying oil paint and rubbing it into non- gummed areas of the print. With bleach etching, monochromatic and polychromatic variations are possible. No date is noted for the first edition; the second adds a chapter on digital technology. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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