Platinum/ Palladium Printing Extravaganza!
Here are some of the images I finished printing in platinum/ palladium. There are a few more, but these are some of my favorites.
This is from the trail that goes behind the Aspen Art Museum.
The trail behind the museum runs through a sculpture garden, but also through the John Denver Nature Sancutary. Some of the boulders had lyrics to John Denver songs written on them. However, I really just liked the hill and how the rocks looked against the grass. I think this is my favorite, I really like how it translates from color to a platinum print.
I found this waterfall at an awesome place called the grotto where we took a short field trip. It's located near Independence Pass, which I'm sure many of you are familiar with from your epic Oregon Trail- playing days.
I was skeptical when I was told that gold leafing something would be aesthetically pleasing, but after doing it, I was actually surprised with the results. I did learn, however, that the image you choose should be low key and have as few bright highlights as possible, to avoid being overly gaudy. It's a platinum print on vellum, and the back of the image is then gold leafed, causing the gold to show through the highlight areas. The whole piece is then varnished, which makes the vellum more transparent and allows more light to travel through the gold. It's hard to scan a transparent image successfully, so this doesn't really do it justice. The tones are reminiscent of a photograph from the late 1800's, so I think it's pretty fitting subject matter. Also, fun fact... if you hold any thin sheet of gold up to a light source, the light shining through the gold turns a crazy turquoise color- it's called atomic light!
I don't know, I thought it was cool.
This is from the trail that goes behind the Aspen Art Museum.
The trail behind the museum runs through a sculpture garden, but also through the John Denver Nature Sancutary. Some of the boulders had lyrics to John Denver songs written on them. However, I really just liked the hill and how the rocks looked against the grass. I think this is my favorite, I really like how it translates from color to a platinum print.
I found this waterfall at an awesome place called the grotto where we took a short field trip. It's located near Independence Pass, which I'm sure many of you are familiar with from your epic Oregon Trail- playing days.
I was skeptical when I was told that gold leafing something would be aesthetically pleasing, but after doing it, I was actually surprised with the results. I did learn, however, that the image you choose should be low key and have as few bright highlights as possible, to avoid being overly gaudy. It's a platinum print on vellum, and the back of the image is then gold leafed, causing the gold to show through the highlight areas. The whole piece is then varnished, which makes the vellum more transparent and allows more light to travel through the gold. It's hard to scan a transparent image successfully, so this doesn't really do it justice. The tones are reminiscent of a photograph from the late 1800's, so I think it's pretty fitting subject matter. Also, fun fact... if you hold any thin sheet of gold up to a light source, the light shining through the gold turns a crazy turquoise color- it's called atomic light!
I don't know, I thought it was cool.
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