The emulsion will start to come free from the plastic layer and float on the water. The procedure, for integral type film, involves cutting off the picture's border, separating the negative layer from the positive layer and submerging the positive layer in warm water. The emulsion lift technique can be performed on peel-apart film and Polaroid Originals integral film, but not on Fujifilm Instax film. The emulsion can then be transferred to another material, such as glass, wood or paper. The most common types of Polaroid art are the emulsion lift, the Polaroid transfer and emulsion manipulation.Īn emulsion lift, or emulsion transfer, is a process used to remove the photographic emulsion from an instant print.
Polaroid art is a type of alternative photography which consists of modifying an instant picture, usually while it is being developed. Techniques used to modify instant pictures for an artistic effect An example of emulsion manipulation