So i tried a new technique yesterday, a Gum Arabic transfer technique. I had tried it previously at a workshop I was helping out at.
Previously I had used a photocopy of a book cover and transferred that on to paper.
This time I used a photocopy of a photograph I had taken, however it completely failed, you can just barely see what I was trying to transfer.
I think the mistake I made was using a low contrast image. The images I had chosen were meant to be low contrast as that adds to their atmosphere. Jeff (print technician) made the point though, that when transferred, they will still have an unusual quality to them, so i can use high contrast images, then when they are transferred they will take on a new, equally creepy quality.
So I am now scanning my images and editing them in Photoshop, ready for another try.
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