POLAROID EMULSION LIFT FREE

Next morning when he peeled it off he was intrigued by the image transferred by the dye to the counter. Evidently this process was ‘born’ when a lab worker at Polaroid left a negative face down on a countertop overnight. Finally when the image is in position, I get the excess water off with a roller – and behold with chef-like satisfaction a Polaroid Emulsion Transfer – a work of art!įellow South African photographer, Sue Cook, introduced me to another Polaroid Transfer process – Image Transfer. But generally I tweak, tear or fold the image with the lightest fingertip touch. Sometimes the emulsion membrane containing the image falls into its own arrangement near-perfectly. This is the fun part manipulating it onto its new home under water and lifting it out intact.

POLAROID EMULSION LIFT FREE

Now liberated from the constraints of the print the image floats free – waiting for its transformation and new life when I place it on watercolor paper, glass or whatever medium creative inspiration calls for. Here I gently coax the membranous emulsion from the backing and carefully free it of the gel which was holding it to the print.

I was absorbed with my Polaroid Soup! I watch the Polaroid print start to blister in the very hot water so I can whip it out at the right moment and pop it into cold water. However, on the occasional lull weekend I was often found in the Gould’s kitchen in Princeton – spatula in hand – over a steaming electric frying pan.

Polaroid emulsion lift