This subject came about from a conversation I had with lecturing staff (Katy) when scanning in negs and the salt printed images. The debate was around the finished image and how in the digital age we seemed to have lost sight of how to present the image in a paper form. This led to an afternoon of experimenting with images produce in a low tec format by use of the photocopier. This was also used in combination with different papers that you don't normally associate with photography. Some of the papers were also a bit low tec, brown envelope, tracing paper to name a few.
This all led to me purchasing a number of sheets of handmade coloured paper to experiment with. I also purchased quality brown paper, graph paper and some tracing paper. I produced a number of prints to see what kind of effect they would produce. Examples below:
The coloured paper prints give a nice aesthetic finish. However, the make up on the paper make it hard to print on the laser jet printer. I have borrowed a bottle of Ink Aid which is a pre coating solution for ink jets. Hopefully this will help in the image stability on the handmade paper.
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