a rare set of two Jack Powell 8x10 texture screens used to overlay print during printing process to add pictorial era textures to prints. In original blue folio boxes..STEELINE and TAPESTRY patterns . The "Jack Powell" Pedigree: Jack Powell was a prominent mid-century salon photographer who pioneered these specific textures. Items carrying his name are favored by pictorialist collectors.
Alternative Process Photographers: Photographers who do contact printing (like Cyanotypes, Platinum/Palladium, or Van Dyke browns) love these large format screens because they don't use enlargers at all. They lay everything flat in a contact printing frame under UV light.Because they are physically pressed against the paper, the light from your enlarger projects through the projected image and the texture grid simultaneously. This creates a razor-sharp, texturized pattern across the final print—giving it that iconic canvas, steel-line, or tapestry weave effect. A unique opportunity to add these vintage screens to your darkroom bag of tricks. Available by appointment in Dover..12 miles north of Portsmouth N H
have some antique contact print frames available for sale as well....see other photo items offered.