Technology/Equipment Grant
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The UV light box is a high output light source that will make exposure times shorter than the one I am currently using. This will be very valuable to me because some of my exposures last upwards of one hour, sometimes longer. It takes me 3-4 hours to complete one print, so being able to make multiple tests of images at one time will improve my ability to best use my time. The size of the light box is also more than double of the one I am currently using, and this will allow me to make much bigger prints than I am able to right now, giving me the ability to make up to 30 x 36 inch prints. I will see an improvement in the amount of prints I am able to produce per printing session. Each print takes over three hours to make, so being able to make more than one at a time will improve my workflow and success rate.
I have been able continuously expose multiple prints at one time, and by intermittently inserting prints into the light box I can work in a much more efficient way. The end result of this project has greatly benefitted me because of the time saved by multiplying my work space and has eliminated the print size limitation I previously had.
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