This image combines a vintage portrait of Miss Leila Hanks, taken in the 1890s, with a contemporary photograph of the Boston Gardens.  It is entirely possible that 110 years ago Miss Hanks did stroll through the Gardens on a similarly lovely spring day.  To recreate this memory, I scanned Miss Hanks in Photoshop, removed her from her studio setting, placed her in the Gardens and printed the combined image onto a flexible cutting board that had been covered with several layers of matte gel and a final coating of transparent inkAID.  I made the substrata using liquid matte gel to attach a sheet of  handmade rice paper to a heavier paper.  A silhouette of Miss Hanks, cut from shiny white paper, was glued to the substrata exactly below where she would be once the emulsion layer was in place and the surface of the substrata was covered again in matte gel before the two layers were aligned.   Krylon Satin Finish was sprayed on the image for additional protection.

Robin Boger
Newton, MA

Drawings and paintings in traditional media inspired by anemone growing in my garden were scanned and processed in Photoshop. To create a background which would reflect room lighting, I precoated two sheets of aluminum (0.024 thickness) with inkAID Iridescents. As one image was rich with yellows and golds, I chose Iridescent Gold. For the other image I used Iridescent Silver. After printing (with an Epson 9600) and drying, I postcoated the prints by spraying on several layers of Krylon Satin Finish.

Karin Schminke
Kenmore, WA

These two pieces represent doors from Tibetan monasteries which I printed on brass. I used one coat of adhesive followed by two coats of inkAID Clear Gloss and the images were printed on my Epson 7600.

The bright glowing color of the brass gives a brilliant quality to the images.

Catherine Steinmann
New York, NY

After coating a sheet of aluminum with inkAID adhesive. I sprinkled crumbling rusty steel wool on the surface and misted it with a spray of water. Over time, with additional mistings, the rust left nice stains in the adhesive layer. When I liked the way it looked, l let it dry, swept away the dried rusty bits and applied another layer of inkAID adhesive. I then coated it with 2 layers of inkAID clear gloss precoat. and printed the angels onto the rusted metal using an Epson 9600.

Mary Taylor
Marshfield, MA

My slides were scanned and montaged in Photoshop.

Spunbonded polyester was painted with two coats of acrylic white paint, one coat of iridescent acrylic paint and two coats of inkAID gloss then printed on my Epson 7600 printer and mounted on bamboo pieces in a scroll form.

Danny Conant
Chevy Chase, MD

The images used to create "TallMan" were based on photographs taken in Harvard University’s Countway Library of Medicine atrium. The lighting was difficult to work with and created artifacts like the triangle-shaped highlights.

Lead, from a 15" wide roll, was precoated with two coats of inkAID Clear Gloss Type II and printed on the Epson 9600. With a Coda laminator the lead was adhered to 1/2" Gatorfoam and the soft lead wrapped around the edges. As a finishing touch, silver leaf was added to the triangular light artifacts.

Dorothy Krause
Marshfield Hills, MA