Re: [OM] sometimes people amaze me
> There was a technique
>(don't know if it's still used) where an RC color
print was split in half.
>It turns out that the upper, emulsion-bearing RC
surface can be peeled off
>the paper part, with just a little paper stuck to it.
Big labs that service
>this trade would then hot-press it to an actual piece
of artist's canvas, so
>that it had the texture of a starving artist sale
painting. There was
>usually some sort of sales pitch that went with it,
along the lines of
>looking and lasting like a Rembrandt. Every
photographer want's something
>unique to sell, understandable, but the appearance of
this stuff just simply
>sucks!
>
>Bill Pearce
you forgot the ultimate extra touch. They would take
this transparent gesso like gel and paint it on like
brushstrokes (for an additional extra charge of
course).
Accually, since the photo was sealed from the front an
back (air tight) the photo would be relative archival-
providing no UV light got to it.
yours not on my wall,
Garry D. Lewis
I've tested all my Olympus lens-
Not one knew who George Washington was nor what 2+2
equalled!
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