Re: Tintype Workshop Dan

[Robert Newcomb <newcombr@uga.edu>]

Don't sugar coat it so much Dan, tell us how you really feel!
What a non supportive response to someone's enthusiasm about  
attending a workshop.  A note of caution is one thing but the "after  
mom is gone" was a bit too much.  Just make sure you don't breath or  
drink the dichromate doing gum, or splash the bleach in your eye when  
toning, or get electrocuted when using a mercury vapor printer or get  
hit by a car on the way to the work shop or .....
Robert Newcomb



On Apr 10, 2008, at 7:53 PM, Dan Haygood wrote:

> Tintypes, as in nitrocelulose, ether, potassium cyanide, etc.?
>
> Make sure the grandparents are OK with babysitting after Mom is  
> gone, too!
>
> Seriously, there must be safer techniques after 160 years...can  
> someone
> post a rundown of the process used today?
>
>     - Dan
>
> > Hi All, I am looking to take a tintype workshop. It
> > could be in New York or Texas. Can anyone recommend
> > one? (grandparents are in both states , so I have free
> > baby sitting for my kids!)
> > Thank you kindly,
> > Carmen