Silver Emulsion on watercolour paper

The characteristics

Silver Emulsion on watercolour paper, gives a very specific look and feel to the photograph. The brush strokes add more dynamic. Different types of watercolour paper are being used; medium and rough.

Combination of a black and white photo-gram and photograph — on watercolour paper | plasticisation#3

Silver emulsion adds more drama to the subject. It can be useful to emphasise movement or specific parts of the main event. When the paper is too smooth the scene becomes too flat and it looses its dynamic character.

Silver emulsion on watercolour paper creating a photograph - detail of a beach — Photograph on watercolour paper | detail of a beach

Photograph on watercolour paper using black and white negatives combined with photo-grams. The materials used for the photo-grams is the waste collected during the artist's hikes and freedive sessions. — Silver emulsion on watercolour paper creating a photograph using black and white negatives combined with photo-grams. The materials used for the photo-grams is the waste collected during the artist’s hikes and freedive sessions.

Silver emulsion on watercolour paper creating a photograph of a wooden construction on a beach — Photograph on watercolour paper | wooden construction on a beach

Photograph using black and white negatives combined with photo-grams. Detail of a French shore — on watercolour paper | plasticisation #2

Black and white photograph beach and foam. — Photograph on watercolour paper beach and foam.

Silver Emulsion combining with watercolour paint

At the moment Petra-Puk is experimenting with the combination of watercolour painting and photography. The process is a challenging one, because the paper needs a thorough washing. The results of the experiments will be appearing as posts on this website. The first results will appear on this website by the end of June 2024.

Collages

Collages; the expected next step. Two paths are starting to occur; nicely developed combinations of photographs & photo-grams and collages. The artist is always pushing the art outside the roams of 2-D presentations. The “Combines” created by Robert Rauschenberg are a great inspiration.