The
key source image was a photograph of a street scene in Oxaca, Mexico
taken by Swiss photogtrapher Viola Kaumlen. It was cropped to focus
on a woman looking over her shoulder. The other two images were
a photograph of a peeling, rusty globe and a black and white tower
from Desk Gallery, Zedcor, Inc. copyright-free cd-rom.
*The
secret of digital transfers is the precoat which encapsulates
the waterbased inkjet dye/ pigment and releases them to damp paper by
capillary action. Kimoto SC4 clear film works well with both pigment and dye inks. well
Eleven layers with different composite choices and
adjustment options were used to make the digital file.
The
file was flipped horizontally in the Cactus RIP and printed on an
Encad Novajet Pro 50 using QIS white film. The paper, an Indian
Bagasse handmade paper, was thoroughly soaked in water, drained
then blotted. The printed image was placed on the wet paper, covered with printmaking blankets and put through an etching press. The image from the film transfers almost totally to the paper. The final print was enhanced with metallic pastels and pigment.
