1st Edition

Gumoil Photographic Printing, Revised Edition

By Karl Koenig Copyright 1999
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

There is renewed interest among art photographers in a number of historic printing techniques because of the remarkable effects they produce. The reader will discover how to create beautifully tinted mono- and polychromatic gum and oil images using the author's version of this 19th century technique. Step-by-step illustrated instructions with directions for further experimentation provide a... Read more
The Gumoil Method and Its Origins; Images That Work, Images That Don't; Enlarged Positive and Negative Transparencies; Paper and Paper Preparation; Exposure and Development of the Latent Paper Print; Basic Monochromatic Printing; Polychromatic Gumoil Printing; Variations and Manipulations; Other Considerations; Digital Printmaking

Biography

Koenig, Karl