Looking for carbon print examples?

[monkeytumble]

To make a longer story shorter, I have wanted to see an actual, physical, real carbon print for over thirty years, when I first read a stunning description of carbon prints in a magazine. Over the past couple years, I seen a number of other wonderful alternative process prints, but I have not found a carbon print, so it is time to make it happen...

If you have a carbon print that you would like to sell for a modest amount, it can even be a "second", please contact me. I just want to see one and get a sense of what a carbon print is or can be.

Thanks,

Jay Decker
Kennewick, WA

[Colin Graham]

Hi Jay, I can send you one, if you're interested. I'm over on the Olympic peninsula. I've got so many 'almost' prints it would be good to get rid of a few.

[pschwart]

To make a longer story shorter, I have wanted to see an actual, physical, real carbon print for over thirty years, when I first read a stunning description of carbon prints in a magazine. Over the past couple years, I seen a number of other wonderful alternative process prints, but I have not found a carbon print, so it is time to make it happen...

If you have a carbon print that you would like to sell for a modest amount, it can even be a "second", please contact me. I just want to see one and get a sense of what a carbon print is or can be.

Thanks,

Jay Decker
Kennewick, WA

See Sandy King's article on carbon printing in the Nov/Dec issue of view Camera. Unlike a lot of other alt processes, the look and feel of carbon prints can vary wildly between print makers -- matte; glossy; high relief; no relief;
monochrome (any color) or full color; printed on glass, aluminum, watercolor paper, synthetic paper, photo paper; single-transfer or double-transfer ...
Do seek out prints, just keep in mind that no single print will be representative of all the styles being practiced.

[monkeytumble]

See Sandy King's article on carbon printing in the Nov/Dec issue of view Camera. Unlike a lot of other alt processes, the look and feel of carbon prints can vary wildly between print makers -- matte; glossy; high relief; no relief;
monochrome (any color) or full color; printed on glass, aluminum, watercolor paper, synthetic paper, photo paper; single-transfer or double-transfer ...
Do seek out prints, just keep in mind that no single print will be representative of all the styles being practiced.

Thank you for mentioning Sandy King and his recent article in View Camera. That article motivated to post this thread. Sandy King's enthusiasm for the process and his contributions through his numerous articles have been inspiring to me.

Colin will be sending me a carbon print... I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing a carbon print!

[pschwart]

Thank you for mentioning Sandy King and his recent article in View Camera. That article motivated to post this thread. Sandy King's enthusiasm for the process and his contributions through his numerous articles have been inspiring to me.

Colin will be sending me a carbon print... I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing a carbon print!

You might also want to join the Bostick & Sullivan carbon forum at
www.carbonprinting.com. There are a lot of lively and useful discussions there.

[monkeytumble]

Thanks! I didn't know about that forum.

Jay

You might also want to join the Bostick & Sullivan carbon forum at
www.carbonprinting.com. There are a lot of lively and useful discussions there.

[Colin Graham]

I did mentioned to Jay that I transfer on watercolor paper so the relief isn't what a silver gelatin or aluminum support might be. So if anyone has samples of those, feel free to send me one too. :-D

[sanking]

Yesterday I posted a new image on the carbon forum. See it here.
http://bostick-sullivan.invisionzone...?showtopic=415

Before making this print I had made a test and used a sensitizer that was too weak, the result being that there is not sufficient density in the highlights. But the print shows the relief effect very well. I just threw the print in the waste basket to discard, but if any of you want to see part of the print for the relief effect I will be happy to cut it up into two or four parts and mail to anyone willing to pay a nominal $5 to cover postage and handling. Anyone intereste contact me by private email at sanking at clemson dot edu.

Again, this is only for the purpose of illustrating relief as the contrast of the print is definitely off and the highlights are blown out.

Sandy King

[Don Bryant]

I will be happy to cut it up into two or four parts and mail to anyone willing to pay a nominal $5 to cover postage and handling. Anyone intereste contact me by private email at sanking at clemson dot edu.


Sandy King

Could you like, sign those for us Sandy?

Don

[sanking]

Don,

No problem. Add $800 and I will sign on the back.

In fact, for that price I will even cut up the good one in four parts and send you one of the parts.

Sandy

Could you like, sign those for us Sandy?

Don