Check out some fantastic gum work...

[Kerik]

Take a look at these prints by Keith Gerling. I consider him to be one of the most talented gum printers working today. These are tri-color gum over cyanotype on Masa paper.

 

[gandolfi]

Take a look at these prints by Keith Gerling. I consider him to be one of the most talented gum printers working today. These are tri-color gum over cyanotype on Masa paper.

yes - they are beautiful.

I know a danish Gum printing photographer that makes the most precise Gums I have ever seen...
5 or more exposiores, and the tiny lines in a picture are in perfect place..

SO amazing.

however he is not young, and he is new to computers, so I don't think he has a website. or a place to show the prints, which really is a pity, as everyone interested in this technique should see he work.

(I am thinking about making him the website he needs!)

and he is actually a member of this community... (quite silent, I am afraid.)

 

[Chazzy]

I wish that number eight or nine were hanging on my wall. What a beautiful set of prints. The ballet pictures remind me of Demachy.

 

[Katharine Thayer]

Aren't these great? As I told Keith this morning, "This is what gum is for." And I agree, some of the images are very reminiscent of Demachy.

 

[Uncle Goose]

Those are great. Seems like I still have a long way to go before I can match any of those.

 

[sdivot]

This is good work. He has embraced the process, with all it's inconsistencies and quirks. I love his website as well. I hope he adds these to it soon.
I have been doing a three color gum project, and it occurs to me perhaps I'm trying too hard to get absolutely realistic results, instead of the painterly, quirky results that are part and parcel of gum printing.
In short, I need to lighten up and embrace the idiosyncrasies.
Nice job Keith.
Steve

 

[RobertP]

What a beautiful process. I was totally blown away when I first saw Cy DeCosse's work. I think his stuff was printed by Keith Taylor, a member of this forum if my memory serves me well. Of course I only know enough about the process to do a few layers over platinum/palladium, using in-camera negatives. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think many gum printers are using digital negatives made at various densities to achieve these great results. Robert

 

[smieglitz]

...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think many gum printers are using digital negatives made at various densities to achieve these great results. Robert

Diginegs are often used by many contemporary gum printers, especially when doing 3- or 4-color work. Photoshop makes it much easier to do color separations and the inkjet negatives don't have to have a great density for this process. It is also fairly tedious IMO to do separations in a conventional darkroom, especially since it involves pan films. Another benefit with gum printing is that each cycle of the printing process may cause the image to shrink a bit. This can be compensated for by scaling digital negatives for later layers if needed.

Horses for courses...

 

[Daniel Grenier]

Take a look at these prints by Keith Gerling. I consider him to be one of the most talented gum printers working today. These are tri-color gum over cyanotype on Masa paper.

His work is really good. Yours is better.

 

[sdivot]

Do people really scale their negatives to account for shrinkage on multi layer printing? I can't imagine how one could anticipate the degree of shrinkage to expect from a paper. It seems that it would be just random enough to be a nightmare.
The best thing to do IMO is to thoroughly preshrink and size your paper, and/or use a paper (artistico ex white) that does not shrink.
Steve

 

[MurrayMinchin]

I know a danish Gum printing photographer that makes the most precise Gums I have ever seen...
5 or more exposiores, and the tiny lines in a picture are in perfect place..

SO amazing.

however he is not young, and he is new to computers, so I don't think he has a website. or a place to show the prints, which really is a pity, as everyone interested in this technique should see he work.

(I am thinking about making him the website he needs!)

and he is actually a member of this community... (quite silent, I am afraid.)

Could this be him? (It's the newest entry in APUG's portfolio section)

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Murray

 

[gandolfi]

Could this be him? (It's the newest entry in APUG's portfolio section)

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Murray

YES.

I didn't know he had done this, and it is overdue!

NOW everybody should go see this.

Flrmming told me that he used about 5 winters to experiment before he had anything to show for!:rolleyes:

I have a couple of his prints here - they are stunning.

thanks for finding this!

 

[Absinthe]

That is absolutely georgeous. This may not be the right thread to show my ignorance by asking this, so feel free to pm me or just redirect me but where can I learn more about this specific process?

 

[smieglitz]

...I can't imagine how one could anticipate the degree of shrinkage to expect from a paper...

You don't have to print all the negatives in advance. After a layer is printed, a measurement can be made and the subsequent negative adjusted.

FWIW, I've never done this but I have read of other's doing so.

Joe

 

[dwross]

You don't have to print all the negatives in advance. After a layer is printed, a measurement can be made and the subsequent negative adjusted.

FWIW, I've never done this but I have read of other's doing so.

Joe

It works like a charm for me.
http://www.thelightfarm.com/Map/Silvergum/MapTopic.htm

 

[Kerik]

His work is really good. Yours is better.

Daniel,

Thank you for your kind words. However, I really don't consider myself a "gum printer" like Keith is. I'm really using gum as a toning and enhancing tool for my platinum prints. The basic mechanics of the gum part of my process are "the same", but my final print is more rooted in the platinum/palladium part of the process. I really consider gum over platinum a medium unto itself and separate (but closely related) to a straight gum print or even a tri-color gum/cyanotype print.

 

[Katharine Thayer]

That is absolutely georgeous. This may not be the right thread to show my ignorance by asking this, so feel free to pm me or just redirect me but where can I learn more about this specific process?

Hi, not sure whether your question refers to the specific process used to make Keith Gerling's prints, or the specific process used to make Flemming Sarup's prints (gum is infinitely variable and flexible, so no two gum printers use exactly the same techniques) or whether you want to learn more about gum in general. You can navigate to Keith's main site from the page linked above; if you're interested in learning more about gum printing, just google "gum bichromate" and you'll find lots of good sites. Here's a couple of my favorites, to start:

www.gumphoto.co.uk/
www.billymabrey.com

Katharine

 

[Absinthe]

Thanks I will look them all up