Norma said “As someone who has been doing Polaroid® transfer techniques for about 15 years, I was very unnerved to hear about the discontinuation of Polaroid 669 film.”
“My preliminary investigation started with Steve Pfaff who is the producer of the Daylab machines. We have developed a good working relationship over the years, since I sell many of the Daylab units to my students and use them often in my own artwork. It was he who advised me to contact a man who started using the Fujifilm film for transfers many years ago, named Peter Balazsy. Peter was very helpful in giving me direction in my own investigative process. He mentioned I should work with Arches 88 printmaking paper since it doesn’t have the “sizing” that typical watercolor papers have that contribute to a yellow cast on the transfer. He also warned me that the peeling apart of the film needed to be done in darkness or else the film gets a solarized effect from the light.”
For all the details and good illustrations covering over three pages download the newsletter as a pdf here:
Fujifilm CableRelease May 2008
Helpful and fun stuff!
Thanks Fujifilm and Norma Hill.
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