Dry plate tintype developer, redux
Apologies for this being a little rambling and unfocused – this has been sitting in my queue since 2016! Time to pull together the details I’ve forgotten and get this…
May 14, 2020
Tag: altprocess
Dry plate tintype
Over labor day weekend, I had a few photographers and alt-printers over for printfest 2013 – a chance for me to teach a little alt-photo, experiment a little, and for…
October 21, 2013
The Colors of Cyanotype
Cyanotypes are one of the easiest alt process prints to make. Bought as a kit from just about anywhere, you get two bottles: part “A” and part “B”, which you…
September 8, 2013
Carbon printing
Well, I finally gave in. I’ve avoided doing any carbon printing for years now. From everything I’ve ever read, Carbon Printing is a fickle beast. It likes a clean, orderly…
May 2, 2013
Art of the State 2013
Good news arrived in the mail – “Joe” will be showing at the State Museum of PA in Harrisburg from June 22nd through September 8th. This is their 46th annual…
December 12, 2012
2-part cyanotypes (Part I)
I enjoy printing cyanotypes: simple chemistry, simple reactions, nice deep blues, non-toxic, and the moment you drop it in water is dramatic. It’s very straightforward and difficult to do wrong…
January 29, 2013
5 ways to improve your Kallitypes
I really like Kallitypes. They’re a simple process. The final prints can take on the characteristics (both visual and chemical) of palladiotypes and platinotypes. And because you start with iron…
January 7, 2013
5 ways to improve your gum prints
Over the last two years of heavy experimentation with bichromate processes (gum arabic or ammonium caseinate on various papers as well as glass), I’ve had to troubleshoot a lot of…
December 31, 2012
The Making of a Widow
This is the project that took up most of my 2012. And it’s what I wanted to post about repeatedly during the year, but my old blog software just wasn’t…
December 25, 2012
Boy’s Room
Also taken this spring: gold-toned kallitype on arches HP 140#. Shot with a Mamiya 7, HP5+, developed in Xtol. And this is gold toner #2 at the end of its…
July 17, 2012
Schuylkill
Taken this spring; Philadelphia, looking north from the Chestnut St. bridge. Gold toned kallitype on Arches HP 140#. Shot with a Widelux FV and Delta 3200, developed with Perceptol. This…
July 16, 2012
Erik and Hedy
From this year’s Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby: Erik and Hedy of Frank’s Kitchens. Gold-toned kallitype on Arches 140# HP. Another aspect of my experimentation during PrintFest was control over the…
July 15, 2012
Francean Fanny
From the PA Burlesque Festival on June 30th: Francean Fanny. Selenium toned kallitype on Arches 140# HP. I have no idea what the dot is; something got on the paper…
July 14, 2012
Fan Dance
From the PA Burlesque Festival, June 30th: Donna Touch. Selenium-toned kallitype on Arches 140# HP. Continuing down the selenium road: this is about 20 minutes of selenium toning, after having…
July 13, 2012
John
John, of Frank’s Kitchens. Selenium toned kallitype on Arches HP 140#. I’m understanding selenium toning a little better as a result of this week’s PrintFest. Selenium and Kallitypes don’t get…
July 12, 2012
Madame Corsetiere
It’s only Wednesday, but I’m already exhausted! I’ve been printing all day every day this week: 8 hours on Monday, 7 Tuesday, and 10 today. Monday was about experimentation: trying…
July 11, 2012
Joe
Continuing in the “Frank’s Kitchens” series: 9 layers of gum, featuring Joe hard at work. I think I may print another layer here; I’m not quite satisfied with the color…
May 15, 2012
John
Gum over cyanotype on a half sheet of Stonehenge Rising warm white paper. This print is a direct result of a morning of failures last week. My cyan pigment wouldn’t…
April 23, 2012
MonkE
This is probably my busiest art-related year ever. A number of things have fallen in to place, all at the same time. I’m a little saddened that it’s taken me…
April 16, 2012
Sheila and Bob
Hot off the heels of my glass-on-casein in the annual juried Phillips’ Mill exhibition, I’m looking at my next set of research: fumed silica. This piece is a gold-toned kallitype,…
March 21, 2012
Burlesque Nr. 5
I’m FINALLY returning to the Burlesque shots from Jim Thorpe’s burlesque festival last year. Between my last post on this subject and now, I’ve been more or less focused on…
February 11, 2012
Meta Workroom
Spent quite a lot of yesterday printing bigger than I’ve done before – getting up to the maximum sizes I can manage with my vacuum frame and light box. This…
December 5, 2011
Joe
Originally shot on Delta 3200 in a Diacord G; developed in Microphen. This is a palladium-toned kallitype. I’m reasonably happy that it came out (yay, my chemistry survived the flooding)…
October 13, 2011