Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll keep posts coming or may start a blog. I'll let you know Ken. And thanks for the link! I found a guy in Marin who gave me a sample roll of "metal paper" he's developed. It's actually a thin piece of aluminum treated for ink absorption that is bonded to thin plastic with an archival glue on the back. We'll see how it works in a few weeks. Again thanks for the link. Some good ideas there for KISS for presentation... On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > That's very interesting - please keep us posted. I see gatorboard is > available also in 1" and 1 1/2" thicknesses, so it should make a pretty > substantial mount. I wonder if it is possible to get a good presentation > with the print temporarily mounted, with something like mounting corners, > and white space (gatorboard) around the print. Probably not especially for > large prints. Or, maybe a temporary fastening for the print, with a window > mat over the print and temporarily attached to the gatorboard. Then the > buyer could put that in a metal frame of choice if desired. It's probably > not Library of Congress archival, but with the papers and inks available > now, and acid-free foam board, I have to wonder if there is any real > difference. I agree that framing is a royal PITA, probably up there with > developing sheet film. > > Ken > > > On 12/29/2014 11:27 PM, Bob Adler wrote: > >> Well I'm going to start getting back into printing and mounting in >> January. I think I'm going to expand on an idea of Paul Roark's and just >> mount on archival matte or gator board with, perhaps a protective spray. >> Stick that on a wall. >> >> I like to photograph and print. I don't like to frame with >> plexiglass/glass fronts and make frames. Diy framing is a PITA. PAYING >> someone to do large prints is outrageously expensive. >> >> I just don't really care what the "art world" calls standard. The framers >> get the money if it sells or not, and I get a few hundred bucks if one >> sells and am stuck with the costs of the other frames. If a viewer doesn't >> like the freaking frame the print won't sell. I know this from experience. >> >> So there it will be; a bare assed print. Sells or not but only the cost >> of the print and board. Plus you really see the print. It's as intimate as >> it gets. Books are tempting too but you can't go wall sized. >> >> And more time for capturing light. Conventional standards don't benefit >> the photographer or enhance the interaction of the viewer one bit: only >> benefits the framers and gallery owners who couldn't care a less about the >> image: only if it sells. >> >> Fighting a cold so please forgive any grouchiness. I may not sell >> anything but I won't go broke in the process. And if presentation is the >> primary factor for a print selling, well that certainly ain't very >> satisfying! >> G'nite all. :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler