Pete Zaluzec
These images are heavily processed photographs….removing some or all of the background and isolating the subject, and a lot of adjustments to lutes and darks, white balance, contrast, clarity and etc. in order to print in on a non-white rice tissue paper which is the gampi.
The images are printed on two separate sheets of the gampi rice tissue paper with the exact same image printed on both sheets. Then they are perfectly aligned over each other over a light box matching up every hair, blade of grass and details so that everything is registered.
This is what gives it dimension and saturation that you could not get with a standard print.
The rice tissue paper is translucent, so to some degree you are seeing thru one sheet into the other (an accidental discovery).
The two sheets are fused together with a solution that glues them together and wrinkles the paper. I add to this effect by force drying it with a hair dryer and adding some creases to the paper.
The edges are deckled by carefully tearing the perimeter of the paper while it is still wet with solution.
The completed piece is fastened to the custom lacquered frame with small nails in the corners of the paper. It’s all archival, including special glass.
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