Month: July 2014Page 2 of 2
The salt print was invented in 1835 by Talbot. Paper is soaked in a salt solution, dried and then sensitised with a solution of silver salts. Care is…
Strips of 120mm negatives taken with a Holga were placed directly on paper sensitised with VDB. Exposed to sunlight for about 12 minutes.
American Impressionism – A New Vision is on at the Dean Gallery (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art) from the 19th of July to the 19th of October….
Van Dyke Brown is a similar process to the Cyanotype (both trialled by Herschel) but with the added step of fixing. A 3 part solution is mixed and…
On a sunny day it’s a jungle out there. Pollock Country Park is home to the Burrell Collection, whose building provides some escape from the sun.
The Art of Golf – The Story of Scotland’s National Sport is on at the Scottish National Gallery from the 12th of July until the 26th October. Initially…
Having made a series of leaf cyanotype photograms a thin wash of Van Dyke Brown was painted over the print. A further photogram was made over the first…
John Ruskin – Artist and Observer is on at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery until the 28th of September 2014. The exhibition has a mixture of sketches, drawings…
A lumen print is a contact print made only using sunlight on black and white photographic paper. The image is “burnt” onto the paper and then fixed –…