[LargeFormat] Bromoil Stains

[Clive Warren]

At 7:15 pm -0800 4/4/02, Tom Micklin wrote:
>Hi,
>I do Bromoils -  almost exclusively.
>From 5x7 and 8x10 contact prints.
>And you are so right, sir, it is an absolute mess with oily ink everywhere
>and on everything.
>But only at first. I've found that once I got the routine under control and
>was not so focused on just trying to get a decent image, I could also watch
>what I was doing with the ink.
>Similar to my days as a Baker. It's just not really necessary to cover every
>square inch of the room with flour just to bake a few loaves.
>The process allows for a lot of creative control. I tend to enjoy making
>images with long tonal ranges but with more of a textured look than a
>straight contact print. Others do all kinds of interesting things.
>We have a very active mailing list of Bromoilists - organized and maintained
>by Gene Laughter - with about 90 members from all over the planet.
>My site ->>  www.tmicklin.com
>Our Bromoil Group site ->>
>http://www.alt-photo.com/alt-photo/bromoil/index.html
>Don't know the link for the UK people - not even sure the site is active
>anymore - although there is still a lot of activity in the Bromoil Circle.
>Tom

Tom,

Thank you very much for the URLs. The International Society of 
Bromoilists is now gracing the f32.net links page.

Having looked through your web site and that of the Society my 
interest is reawakened. Will see if I can produce a suitable 8x10 for 
contact printing. Now where did I put those inks :-)

Good to see that here is so much activity in the alt processes.

Cheers,
        Clive