Saturday 27 November 2010

Printing technique

For this project i wish to stick to what i have learnt in the darkroom, and i shall be printing my final images (which i am yet to select) on 20x16 Ilford fibre base warm-tone paper with a gloss finish using conventional hand printing techniques. I have never used this paper before and i am looking forward to doing so, as i have many good things about this specific paper. there are a few differences witch i shall have to take into consideration whilst printing. the main concern for this paper is that it needs longer time in the stop, and fix chemicals, this type of paper also needs to be washed for a considerable amount of time (approx. 20/30 mins) unlike the resin coated paper that am familiar with. this is all because of the fact that the paper isn't simply coated with a light sensitive layer, it has it deep in its fibrous weaves, which means everything needs to be done for longer so that the chemicals/water run through all of the paper.

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