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There is something very satisfying about coating plates!
As the Alternative Processes class drew to a close we were asked to think about a final project on the topic of anti-shadow. Using an acetate negative of…
The home made albumen solution has been sitting in the dark for a month now – surprisingly smell free. I re-read my notes on the recipe to discover…
The albumen process uses a layer of egg white for the sensitised salt solution to adhere to. Paper is formed into a ‘boat’ by folding up a margin…
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.
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…
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…
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 –…