6/5/2023 0 Comments Polaroid emulsion lift![]() ![]() the air bubbles underneath the image gave me an indication that the image was beginning to loosen from its back. the impossible film has two layers underneath- a clear, rigid plastic, as well as a paper backing. The second thing that is happening in the water is that the emulsion is beginning to separate from the back of the polaroid. the function of the paintbrush on the bottom right of the image is to aid in removing this glue from the image. first, the glue that held the frame around the edges of the polaroid starts to loosen. When the image is in the water, several things start to happen. ![]() The next step is to set the image in a bowl of hot water, so that is what i do next. Here is the image with the frame cut away. The first step in doing an emulsion lift with this type of film is removing the polaroid frame (the white part all around the image). X-acto knife blades (you should probably use an entire x-acto knife but i couldn’t find mine.) of course, i modified them slightly as i went through (for example, the instructions say to lift the floating emulsion with a brush handle, but i felt that i had more control with my fingers.) Professor wolff showed me this video which had a link to these instructions, which aided me in doing the impossible lift. i have documented the impossible project emulsion lift for you here. I used both fuji pack film (in a polaroid 340) and film from the impossible project in a polaroid 600 camera. over our recent spring break, i attempted (and succeeded!) to do polaroid emulsion lifts.īasically (as you will see below), this involves separating the image from the paper underneath it. I am currently working on my master’s project (thesis), which i’ve decided should include a lot of photography and art elements. ![]()
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