Gum Oil Printing

[Bob Carnie]

Ok so who here is doing this , and if so could you post a couple of simple pictures.. I have been seeing some of these on Face Book alt sites I am on and boy oh boy are they impressive.

Not far off the methods of Gum Dichromate printing,

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I do it on and off. I've got one ore two on my flicker page...

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

 

[Bob Carnie]

Good to know someone I respect, now are you willing to let me pick your brain over a period of time Andrew??

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Not much there to pick...but be my guest!

 

[Bob Carnie]

Not much there to pick...but be my guest!

Ok I will put together a series of questions, I hope I don't max out the diodes in your cranium.. Others will be welcome to answer if Andrew proves incompetent. Let me think about the questions and workflow.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Well, I'm going on a road trip in a couple of days, so hurry up!

 

[ced]

Bob most of what you need is here and Kelly Wrage has generously but a lot of her experience at her blog.
http://www.alternativephotography.com/what-is-a-the-gumoil-process/
Only thing for me is that it is a very messy process as the ink gets onto everything, but it is attractive at the nice results obtained.

 

[Bob Carnie]

Thank you I downloaded for future reading and questions for here... messy yes but beautiful

 

[Lachlan Young]

Quick question for Bob: what's the best way you've found to safely/ environmentally responsibily dispose of the large amounts of dichromate containing effluent these processes generate?

 

[Bob Carnie]

Sludge Pail - then to the waste management people. One must remember that there is not a huge amount of dichromate used in the process .

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I do what Bob does... I haven't made a trip to the waste management people yet, though. I wouldn't consider the amount I use large.

 

[ced]

Here is another link, this to the lady making big gumoil prints in St. Petersburg in Russia.
http://www.annaostanina.com/process

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Bob most of what you need is here and Kelly Wrage has generously but a lot of her experience at her blog.
http://www.alternativephotography.com/what-is-a-the-gumoil-process/
Only thing for me is that it is a very messy process as the ink gets onto everything, but it is attractive at the nice results obtained.

Too true about the ink getting on everything!
As far as the look of the images goes, it works well for some images, but not for all. I'm not crazy about it. The other thing you have to be aware of is the oils in the paint will leech out over time, leaving an oily, yellow stain on the back of the print. This is mitigated somewhat by using high end (expensive) oil paint.

 

[ced]

It seems that inks based on linseed mix has the tendancy to go yellow in time at the back of the paper but those inks using safflower oil or poppy oil (need a friend in Afghanistan ) do the trick and cost more...