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Penelope's has been recently experimenting with the alternative photo-printing processes.

These non-traditional photographic works include three different types of Polaroid images: transfers, emulsion "lifts" and Time-Zero prints. They are one-of-a-kind images made from Polaroid photos which have been manipulated before, during and/or after the printing process.

Transfers have been printed on art paper or other non-photographic materials before they have had time to transfer onto their original photo-paper.On the right is a photograph entitled "Midnight Chamber" which has been transferred to rag.

Emulsion "lifts" are photos which have been soaked in hot water, lifted off their photo-paper base and "printed" onto various surfaces. Penelope shows her lifts on art paper, frosted glass, ceramic tile, cloth, wood and marble. The emulsion lift example on the left is entitled "Underwater Garden". This work is on marble.

Time-Zero prints, made on a Polaroid SX-70 camera, have been manipulated by drawing with blunt tools on the acrylic surface of their chemical-containing "envelope", enlarged and further enhanced with color and art work, creating impressionistic/surrealistic effects.The photograph on the right is an example of time-zero printing and is entitled "Gun Point Chapel".

Other non-traditional printing techniques used for Penelope's Possibilities images include "sandwiching" and rear-projection/manipulation. Sandwiching involves printing from double or multiple slides. An double-image sandwiching example to the left is entitled "Spirit of Wild Poppies".

Rear-projection/manipulation involves projecting slides through a translucent screen and modifying the image passing it through various materials, such as textured glass and fabrics. The resulting images represent a unique vision of reality. The rear-projection example at right is entitled "Trembling Trillium II".

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