Some new emulsion lifts - coin series

[terri]

Here's what I've been doing lately. I remembered my husband's old coin collection and decided they might be fun to play with. All I had in the fridge was Polapan 56, which is sepia film, in 4x5 sheets. I thought it might go well with the coins, even though some of them are silver! Just playin'.

Unknown person on this US coin from 1909:

A dime from the British Isles:

And a penny from the British Isles (this was one tiny little coin, so I decided to literally rip into it to make it seem larger):

 

[markc]

Wow! Way cool. I especially love the first one, with the crumpled leading edge and tattered trailing one. The sepia tone is perfect for them.

 

[oriecat]

Those are very cool, terri!! How exactly did you do it? I got lost. Did you use a 4x5 camera or did you have slides of these that you printed onto the 4x5 with your daylab or did I just get totally lost....


PS - really nice to see you back around these parts, Mark.

 

[hobbes28]

Dadgum, terri. You leave for a few days and come back with this awesome work. I reallly need to start doing these too.

 

[terri]

Hi Mark!! I agree with Orie - don't be a stranger 'round hyah!

Orie, I just set all the coins on top of my SX-70 camera case and shot with 50 ISO slide film (Kodak I think). I have a 4x5 sheet film holder that fits into the Daylab, so even though I don't have the 120 Daylab head, I can cheat a little and get this larger format.

See? You weren't lost at all, I'm just a crappy explainer.

Glad you liked them, I had fun with this project.

 

[Karalee]

Yeah Im with orie, how in the heck....

But I have to say I love the second one the most, the separation down the middle really does it for me.

 

[terri]

Dadgum, terri. You leave for a few days and come back with this awesome work. I reallly need to start doing these too.

bwahahah!!!! We're sucking you further into the Polaroid abyss.... :twisted:

But thank you, the process is fun and you can really get crazy with it.