Gumoil Photographic Printing, Revised Edition

Karl Koenig (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

174 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-45798-0 (ISBN)

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Gumoil printing involves contact-printing a positive transparency onto gum-coated paper. This work helps you discover how to create tinted mono and polychromatic gum and oil images using this printing technique. It also includes a chapter on digital printing which combines the new and the historic.

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.

Koenig, Karl

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

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen
	Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Digitale Bildverarbeitung
ISBN-10	1-138-45798-1 / 1138457981
ISBN-13	978-1-138-45798-0 / 9781138457980
Zustand	Neuware