Re: Potassium Iodine and permanent marker?

[James Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott:

Here is an article from Modern Mechanix magazine detailing what your 
student was talking about.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/23/trick-drawings-from-photos/

The only thing left out was the requirement that the ink be 
waterproof ink similar to drafting ink.

Kind of cool to have that resource still available.

Cheers,
James

At 03:44 PM 4/14/2008 -0700, you wrote:
> Hi group.
>
> I had a student pose an alternative process question for which I
> cannot answer.
>
> Does anyone have an idea of what this student is referring to?
>
> " There was a technique I learned in high school which I'm pretty sure
> is called
> photo bleaching. It's where you draw over a black and white photo in
> permanent
> marker then let it sit in potassium iodine or some chemical. I was
> wondering if
> you were familiar with this technique, and if so, if you could help me
> obtain
> the materials I would need and teach me the exact process. I wanted to
> use this
> technique in my final black and white photography project."
>
>
> Scott Weisman
> Photography Studio Technician
> University of Arizona
> School of Art
> Photography Program

James Schenken