Lumen Print 1505 Jewel Weed by John Fobes: copyrighted all rights reserved
Lumen Print 1505 Jewel Weed. Defender Disco post card paper. Print made July 4, 2014. Paper expired Oct 25, 1911. Package was sealed and never opened until my first lumen print experiments with this paper. Opened paper under darkroom safelight and the paper emulsion side was a very dark brown and silver compounds had migrated through the paper to darken the reverse side. This was my first hint that this paper is probably a POP type paper. I could not find any published information to confirm my speculation. The paper darkened quickly when exposed to sunlight and turned to a deep red similar to Kodak Studio Proof and Chicago Albumen Centennial POP, and Solio gas light paper which are all POP type papers. This Print needs more exposure, however, I was concerned that it would over expose since it darkened so quickly upon initial exposure to sunlight. Since the paper is 3.5 x 5.5 in. in size, it is a small challenge to find subjects suitable to this format. I copied the print on 7July2014 and the print was stored in a light proof box prior to being copied. I noticed that the print had already changed significantly in color. The field was now a dark orange and not the dark red after first exposed. Furthermore, the subject was now yellow and not the initial yellow green. I will have eleven more chances to make this paper work since I only have one package of this paper. I bid on nine other packages of this paper and lost all of them even at extremely high bids. This one was my last chance.
Lumen Print 1505 Jewel Weed by John Fobes: copyrighted all rights reserved
Lumen Print 1505 Jewel Weed. Defender Disco post card paper. Print made July 4, 2014. Paper expired Oct 25, 1911. Package was sealed and never opened until my first lumen print experiments with this paper. Opened paper under darkroom safelight and the paper emulsion side was a very dark brown and silver compounds had migrated through the paper to darken the reverse side. This was my first hint that this paper is probably a POP type paper. I could not find any published information to confirm my speculation. The paper darkened quickly when exposed to sunlight and turned to a deep red similar to Kodak Studio Proof and Chicago Albumen Centennial POP, and Solio gas light paper which are all POP type papers. This Print needs more exposure, however, I was concerned that it would over expose since it darkened so quickly upon initial exposure to sunlight. Since the paper is 3.5 x 5.5 in. in size, it is a small challenge to find subjects suitable to this format. I copied the print on 7July2014 and the print was stored in a light proof box prior to being copied. I noticed that the print had already changed significantly in color. The field was now a dark orange and not the dark red after first exposed. Furthermore, the subject was now yellow and not the initial yellow green. I will have eleven more chances to make this paper work since I only have one package of this paper. I bid on nine other packages of this paper and lost all of them even at extremely high bids. This one was my last chance.