Can use acetone to do the transfers from xeroxes--so xerox images from
newspaper etc and then transfer w/ acetone, a relatively benign solvent (much
less deadly than some others). Also, since the advent of soy inks, the old
solvent-transfer from newspaper thing doesn't work as well. This circumvents
that.
AK
David Baptiste Chirot wrote:
> sit for some time (hours) at nearest street corner to where you
> live
>
> make a "traffic report"
>
> sit and watch sky (or lie down to do so--or stand--whatever best,
> or change positions)--again, for some time--
>
> make "weather report
>
> note such reports not only may entail concrete particulars--but
> also memories, dreams, reflections engendered by the events observed
>
> dave baptiste chirot
>
> PS--thank you again Patricia and Allen for the beautiful job of
> presentation of the timepiece i had made--
>
> it's funny--i think the colors look brighter on the web--
>
> they also often come out very interestingly in color xerox
> (ones i have tired, not these ones)
>
> you can make interesting works by collecting color xerox from trash
> cans in the xerox copy places--and then you soak them, or parts you want
> to use, with some finger nail polish remover--then rub off the colors and
> things presented there--onto another sheet of paper
>
> this is another method of what is called making "transfers"--i
> first earned how to make the ones from newspaper b and w from an
> interview years and years and years ago with rbt rauschenberg--for these
> you use lighter fluid to soak the paper--
>
> just be areful if you smoke! i do this and use spray paint a lot
> so am always on verge of blowing myself up as seem to lose track and light
> up--!
