Butchered Neg Carrier

noseoil · Nov 25, 2007

Nice use of the tungsten film for a night shot, again! Love the sky color and perspective in the shot.

One trick to working with epoxy, you can use fillers and additives to modify flow characteristics, color and u.v. resistence. For a harder batch, use powdered aluminum or colloidal silica (wear a respirator), for u.v. resistence and opacity, use powdered graphite. All kinds of things you can do with the hardware store type of epoxy to play with properties. Mix hardener first, then additives. tim

jd callow · Nov 25, 2007

Yep, epoxy can be big fun. As a kid I used to build wooden model airplanes and would heat the epoxy to get a viscosity that would allow it to be painted on smooth. Later I would add pigments and use it in art objects. In the neg carrier instance I made a square out of mat board that was the size of the 6x6 frame plus some rebate. I put a little wax on the board and packed the epoxy between the mat board and the modified carrier. When the epoxy hardened it was a simple matter to remove the mat board.

Butchered Neg Carrier

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