Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice

Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice
ISBN-10
1317326423
ISBN-13
9781317326427
Category
Photography
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2016-06-17
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Christina Z Anderson

Description

Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice is a two-part book on gum bichromate written by the medium’s leading expert, Christina Z. Anderson. Section One provides a step-by-step description of the gum printing process. From setting up the "dimroom" (no darkroom required!) to evaluating finished prints, it walks the reader through everything that is needed to establish a firm gum practice with the simplest of setups at home. Section Two showcases contemporary artists’ works, illustrating the myriad ways gum is conceptualized and practiced today. The works in these pages range from monochrome to colorful and from subtle to bold, representing a variety of genres, including still lifes, portraits, nudes, landscapes, urbanscapes and more. Featuring over 80 artists and 400 full-color images, Gum Printing is the most complete overview of this dynamic and expressive medium that has yet appeared in print. Key topics covered include: The history of gum Simple digital negatives for gum, platinum, and cyanotype Preparing supplies Making monochrome, duotone, tricolor, and quadcolor gum prints Printing gum over cyanotype Printing gum over platinum Troubleshooting gum Advice on developing a creative practice

Get the book

Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Search the book
eBay.com
eBay.com
Search the book

Other editions

Similar books

  • Legendary Locals of Beacon Hill
    Legendary Locals of Beacon Hill
    By Karen Cord Taylor

    John Collins Warren Dr. John Collins Warren (1778–1856) assisted his father, Dr. John Warren (1753–1815), in 1811 in removing the cancerous breast of Nabby ...

  • America and the Tintype
    America and the Tintype
    By Karen Halttunen, Steven Kasher, Brian Wallis

    By Steven kasher, with contributions by Geoffrey Batchen and Karen Halttunen.

  • Rail Depots of Eastern North Carolina
    Rail Depots of Eastern North Carolina
    By Larry K. Neal Jr.

    This book hopes to provide rail enthusiasts, local and economic historians, and history lovers in general a look back at the heyday of railroads and how much they affected daily life in North Carolina.

  • The Hall: A Celebration of Baseball's Greats: In Stories and Images, the Complete Roster of Inductees
    The Hall: A Celebration of Baseball's Greats: In Stories and Images, the Complete Roster of Inductees
    By The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

    In this unique, 75th anniversary edition, read the stories of every player inducted into the Hall, organized by position.

  • Sheffield in the 1980s
    Sheffield in the 1980s
    By Mark Metcalf, Justine Jenkinson

    We soon afterwards set up SCAM to complete what had been intended fifty years earlier,' explains Terry Howard, who was secretary of the group until it was finally wound up in 2017. And achieve they did by peacefully trespassing over ...

  • Brookfield and Elm Grove
    Brookfield and Elm Grove
    By Thomas Ramstack

    ... (standing) Conrad Ramstack, Eleanor (Hastrich) Ramstack, Alma Theis, Veronica Ramstack, Helen (Phillips) Ramstack, and Joseph Ramstack. In 2009, this same tavern goes by the name O'Donahue's Irish Pub. (Author's collection.) ...

  • Antebellum Homes of Georgia
    Antebellum Homes of Georgia
    By David King Gleason

    ... 101 Bailey, Mary Elizabeth, 101 Banks, William, 94 Barnsley Gardens, 82 Barnett, Samuel, 26 Barnsley, Godfrey, 4, 82 Barnsley, ... James W, 79 Elliott, Virginia Tennessee, 79 Emily and Ernest Woodruff Foundation, 59 Emmel, Walter C, ...

  • Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945
    Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945
    By Erin Barnett, Phil Mariani

    This exhibition includes approximately 60 contact prints drawn from a unique archive of more than 700 photographs in the collection of the International Center of Photography.

  • Legendary Locals of Lake Forest
    Legendary Locals of Lake Forest
    By Susan L. Kelsey, Arthur H. Miller

    Susan L. Kelsey, Arthur H. Miller ... This became the Bell School in the first half of the 20th century. ... The photograph of Clarice Hamill and her daughter on page 58 came from the Bell School's 50th anniversary celebration, ...

  • Pembroke
    Pembroke
    By Karen Cross Proctor

    The Bay Path, a main route from Boston to Plymouth, ran through the West Elm and High Street neighborhoods. Over the generations, these diverse and vibrant communities have helped to shape Pembroke into the town it is today.