What I love about clear glass ambrotypes is that when you coat the collodion side (after 2 varnishes) is that you then can look THROUGH the 3 or 4mm glass to see the image on the other side. The subject seems ALIVE inside the glass. You get a feeling of 3 dimensionality, a very detailed, warmtone reality that I find very beautiful. The glossiness/sheen front of glass also creates a different feel than tintypes and black glass, things seem more pristine. All subjective of course, to each there own.
Going out next week to make some 8x10 ambros, hope to give that 3D feel with some landscapes of lakes in the Edmonton area.
G Collodion (no extra ether added), 3 mm glass.
Doll from the Mae Sot garbage dump, 8x10 clear glass ambrotype, 2022
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| Doll from the Mae Sot garbage dump, 8x10 Clear Glass Ambrotype |
