Terri
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This image is from a Holga (film) shot that I took of the Eiffel Tower last summer.
Shooting with a Holga camera = square format negatives, which translate nicely to these little wooden panels I like.
Took a few WIP pics, since it's a slightly different process than the last one I posted, which was a collage.
This is another 6x6 square wooden panel, prepped with clear gesso. I painted the background with acrylics first, so I could get the colors I wanted. There's the reversed laser print, waiting on the left.
I painted the colors in a kind of swirl, to get the effect I was after. It looks pretty ugly by itself.
I let the acrylic paint dry over night, to let it harden well enough to paint over it with gel medium, and then placed the print into it while still wet. Let that dry overnight, too.
Then, all that's left to do is start the peel-off process, using the water bottle to wet the paper, until it gets pretty close to completely off. I usually rely on a coat or two of clear varnish to make any last bits of paper fibers disappear.
Then start the peel-off process. And done!
Here's one more - this process here is like the one I posted in a different thread, of the Louvre. That one was a cell phone shot, and this is from another Holga shot I took, walking through Soho while in London. The background collage here is also from papers I made using the gel plate - very faint patterns show up.
This transfer fought with me a little bit as I removed the paper backing, and it ended up looking a mite grungy - but since that matches Soho, I'm letting it slide here.
Funky little store.
Thanks for looking!
Shooting with a Holga camera = square format negatives, which translate nicely to these little wooden panels I like.
Took a few WIP pics, since it's a slightly different process than the last one I posted, which was a collage.
This is another 6x6 square wooden panel, prepped with clear gesso. I painted the background with acrylics first, so I could get the colors I wanted. There's the reversed laser print, waiting on the left.
I painted the colors in a kind of swirl, to get the effect I was after. It looks pretty ugly by itself.
I let the acrylic paint dry over night, to let it harden well enough to paint over it with gel medium, and then placed the print into it while still wet. Let that dry overnight, too.
Then, all that's left to do is start the peel-off process, using the water bottle to wet the paper, until it gets pretty close to completely off. I usually rely on a coat or two of clear varnish to make any last bits of paper fibers disappear.
Then start the peel-off process. And done!
Here's one more - this process here is like the one I posted in a different thread, of the Louvre. That one was a cell phone shot, and this is from another Holga shot I took, walking through Soho while in London. The background collage here is also from papers I made using the gel plate - very faint patterns show up.
This transfer fought with me a little bit as I removed the paper backing, and it ended up looking a mite grungy - but since that matches Soho, I'm letting it slide here.
Funky little store. Thanks for looking!
