Re: Source for Uranium Nitrate
Dan, thank you for your recommendation. I will look into American
Elements. I will also contact Michael in reference to his suggestion
to contact Blake Ferris. These sources should work well!
I appreciate everyone's support!!!
~ Mark Booth
On Jan 29, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Dan Burkholder wrote:
Check this:
http://www.alternativephotography.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?
p=1240&sid=a88b7acc1ec3b1c729418c5adfa3aa8b/
The actual source is listed as http://www.americanelements.com/
I have about five grams of the stuff from years ago...but I'm not
giving
it away. ;^) Bill Crawford (Keepers of Light) says the colors in
uranium
toned pt/pd prints may be fugitive. It is neat that you can get
different color simply by clearing for varying times.
Hope this helps,
Dan
Mark Booth wrote on 1/29/07, 6:23 PM:
I am seeking a good source for purchasing Uranium Nitrate for
creating
a Uranium toner solution. So far I have had trouble finding a
source. PF doesn't carry this item and I would suspect that
hazardous
considerations may be a factor or scarcity.
Specific Application: Perhaps there is an alternative toner with
similar effects (realizing that considerable differences exist with
formulas and applications). My initial use would be with
silver-gelatin and then moving to eventual non-silver
application. It
is said by Robert Schramm, in his excellent but short article
regarding Uranium Toning www.unblinkingeye.com to produce red-brown
tones on silver prints and blue, green and red tones on platinum
prints. If one reads the article, figure #1 image presents a
similar
effect that I would like to replicate, as much as possible, girl
aside! I would be inclined to use Bergger VC NB paper or Silver
Supreme paper for a given motive that I have photographed. Then
figure #2 toning would be of future interest in other applications.
(effects are considerably different on platinum vs. silver as can be
seen)
Anyone's recommendations or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
to this (less experienced) practitioner. I imagine that Tim Rudman's
book, The Photographer's Toning Book, would be a good source to
review
as well!
Thanks in advance,
Mark Booth
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