Next, peel apart the two layers keeping the top half (with the emulsion and clear plastic cover).Įasy, done and finished, right? Well, not quite. Start off by cutting the edges off your instant frame, as shown below. Transferring and positioning the emulsion onto the mount material.Getting to the emulsion (or more accurately, the removal of everything except the emulsion).The process of creating an emulsion lift breaks down into three distinct steps: There are so many possibilities to explore but for the sake of getting your technique down, I suggest you use something thin, flexible and waterproof. The lifted emulsion will stick to whatever you put it on, paper, wood, glass, metal, etc. The backing/mount material is where some of the intrigue and creativity comes in. Ideally, it will be something that will not take ages to dry or suffer from too much expansion/contraction as it does – to begin with at least. Something for the emulsion to be transferred onto*įor the last item, you will need something relatively waterproof that the emulsion will stick to.Some scissors, or a craft scalpel and ruler.A couple of small, soft paintbrushes (I used very cheap child’s brushes).A tray (I used a small tray for making darkroom prints, but anything will do).An exposed Impossible Project / Polaroid Originals film.Here’s the original and the result:įor this project you will need for following: Importantly, it highlighted the areas I needed to work on for test two and a little while later, I tried my second lift with a shot I really liked. ![]() Quality of the result aside, it was a successful emulsion lift and transfer and proof to me that it could be done. As you can see, the edges are very rough and there is a fair amount of folding over going on. The cardboard took ages to dry and the emulsion has cracked where (I think) the card expanded and contracted as a result of being submerged in water and subsequent drying. To mount the lifted emulsion, I figured a black background would work best and tore the cardboard backing off a little notepad. The original exposure was very patchy, which in part was why I chose the frame: there was nothing to lose. This is the result: Test 1: Emulsion lift on cardboardĪs you can see it’s by no means perfect. It’s simpler than you might think! Here’s what I cover in this article:įollowing a night of self-nagging dreams, I woke early the next morning and decided to make my first attempt at an emulsion lift using a sheet of a black and white Impossible Project film I had exposed very badly. How to create Polaroid emulsion lifts - EMULSIVE Close Search for:
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