Alt. Print Exchange, April 2011

[anikin]

anikin, what is your name please.

That's Eugene.

 

[FredW]

That's Eugene.

Thanks.

 

[FredW]

So far:

FredW, Fred (E)
ghostcount, Randy (I)
Fleath, Alex (I)
UKJohn, John (I)
paul_c5x4, Paul (B)
sly, Lillian (I)
rst, Ruediger (B)
andrew.vartabedian, Andrew (B)
anikin, Eugene (B)
adamc, Adam (I)
Tony Egan, Tony (I)

 

[Alex Bishop-Thorpe]

This is shaping up to be a nice large round, I'm excited.

 

[ghostcount]

10 more days!

 

[FredW]

Only one day left to sign up.

 

[tj01]

Hope I'm not too late.

tj01(I)

 

[FredW]

Here are the groups for this round. Please PM the members of your group to exchange addresses.
Also please post here when you send and receive prints, so that I can monitor activity, and help me to organize the next round.
Enjoy.

Group 1

sly, Lillian (I)
adamc, Adam (I)
paul_c5x4, Paul (B)
tj01, (I)

Group 2

rst, Ruediger (B)
ghostcount, Randy (I)
UKJohn, John (I)
Tony Egan, Tony (I)

Group 3

FredW, Fred (E)
andrew.vartabedian, Andrew (B)
Fleath, Alex (I)
anikin, Eugene (B)

 

[FredW]

Group 3, my prints are in the mail, hopefully they will be there within 10-14 days.

Alex, it may be a bit longer, I have never sent anything to Australia before.

Fred.

 

[anikin]

I have received the print from FredW. All I can say is WOW! A beautiful warm tone palladium print. I don't want to spoil the surprise for the others in the group, but I'm really impressed!
I'm off to the garage to mix my chemicals...

 

[FredW]

Eugene, a.k.a. anikin, you very kind. I am glad you like the print, and I look forward to seeing your print.
It has been through my participation in print exchanges, that I have now branched out from making palladium prints, into other of the alt. processes. I have been experimenting with cyanotypes, salt prints, and argyrotypes, with some success.

Fred.

 

[andrew.vartabedian]

I will second Eugene's comment. Wow is right. Beautiful composition and tones, lots to look at and I keep going back to it.

I have sent mine out, hopefully they will reach you all soon.

Andrew

 

[anikin]

Eugene, a.k.a. anikin, you very kind. I am glad you like the print, and I look forward to seeing your print.
Fred.

Well, I tried making my first print this morning and it failed miserably - not enough exposure So it will be a bit longer before I can send my prints. I don't have a UV light, and being in Oregon, my exposure source is almost constantly hidden by the rain and clouds. This spring was the most miserable. Sorry guys, but if the weather continues the way it was, I'll be a bit late in this exchange.

 

[FredW]

Thank you Andrew, I am glad you like it. I am looking forward to seeing you print. thanks.

Fred.

 

[Tony Egan]

I sent my prints off yesterday heading North on a large aeroplane! (UK and Germany heading west and US east I would suspect) In one sense, given the cost of oil and concern about environmental footprints, the postage seemed quite cheap!

 

[Alex Bishop-Thorpe]

All of mine are in the mail too - Fred, yours hasn't arrived yet but I'm sure it will this week, I've been checking my post box every day...

 

[anikin]

I have received Andrew's ink print. I love the beautiful velvet surface of the print. I also learned so much just from the description! I've spent a whole evening researching "Butoh", "Solarplate", "intaglio". Really cool. Thanks!

Now, the good news. This week-end was a first warm and sunny week-end of the year and I managed to get my prints done. They are now straightening under the press, so I'll mail them very shortly. I have to apologize, they are nowhere near as impressive as Fred's and Andrew's - these are my first alt prints. I'm looking forward for your advice on how to improve on them.

 

[andrew.vartabedian]

Thanks Eugene. I appreciate the comment and would be glad to discuss any of those things with you as well.

I'm very much looking forward to the coming prints.

 

[anikin]

Alex's photogravure have arrived today. I am very impressed. I don't know if I ever find the guts to try intaglio printing, but your and Andrew's examples have really inspired me! Thank you very much!

 

[FredW]

Now, I am eagerly waiting to see the prints. Should be great.

 

[sly]

Group 2

We've not heard much from group 2 yet. Seems we're a little slower off the mark. I've picked the neg now and started printing. With luck, I'll get them into the mail before the month is out!

 

[ghostcount]

Yesterday I received a wonderful 5x7 pt/pd print of the White Bay power station from Tony Egan. Thank you so much.

My prints will be mailed tomorrow.

 

[FredW]

Just received the print from Andrew, today. I am impressed. The depth of the blacks is simply amazing. Thank you so much. Another process I may try one day.

Fred.

 

[FredW]

Wow, another photogravure, from Alex today, i am impressed. thank you so much.

Fred.

 

[paul_c5x4]

We've not heard much from group 2 yet. Seems we're a little slower off the mark. I've picked the neg now and started printing. With luck, I'll get them into the mail before the month is out!

Group 1 has also been pretty quiet - For my sins, I'm struggling to get a decent coating on my chosen substrate and that stuff called "work" keeps getting in the way. Hope to have another session in the darkroom over the weekend.