[alt-photo] Re: cyanotype [Triangle]

[Mark Nelson]

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On Jun 2, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net>  
wrote:

> Hi Diana,
> No air conditioning, no humidity, and positively it is paper that is  
> not completely dry (overnight, paper does not dry). It has been  
> rainy for the last several days so I imagine the humidity is close  
> to 90%.  Fresh chemistry just mixed.
>
> However, as far as the paper, I used to always use BFK paper for  
> VDB, argyro, and cyanotype, and have found this year that it is no  
> longer suitable for argyrotype, it is what we've used with cyanotype  
> now, and my guess is they may have changed their sizing agent to a  
> more alkaline one.
>
> I'd have to run in town for some vitamin c tabs to test Loris'  
> advice, but have NEVER used citric for traditional cyano before,  
> only with Ware's, so this was a new one for me.
> Chris
>
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
>
> On Jun 2, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Diana Bloomfield wrote:
>
>> Hi Trevor,
>>
>> Check out the Nasher Art Museum, on Duke's campus:  http://www.nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions.php 
>>   Not alt process, but interesting contemporary Chinese art exhibit  
>> right now (including photographs), as well as CDS, though not sure  
>> what they have going on right now.  Check out all the art galleries  
>> in downtown Raleigh, some relatively new:  Flanders (South West  
>> St); Adam Cave (Hargett Street-- I have alt process work on exhibit  
>> there now, including some new tri-color gums); Lee Hansley Gallery  
>> (Glenwood Ave); The Collectors Gallery (Fayetteville Street);  
>> ArtSpace (Davie Street-- I can't stand the stuff there-- way too  
>> commercial for my tastes-- but most people seem to love it); Lump  
>> Gallery (S Blount Street- interesting exhibit now, featuring video  
>> work); and be sure and visit the newly renovated and reopened NC  
>> Museum of Art (Blue Ridge Rd)-- it's spectacular.
>>
>> All of those places have websites, so you can look them up for more  
>> information.  Not much in the way of photography-- alt or  
>> otherwise-- but those places above are worth visiting.
>>
>> With regard to humidity issues, I've actually never had a problem  
>> with too much humidity here in NC-- believe it or not.  Where I  
>> work-- in my house-- the room is cooled by air conditioning in the  
>> summer, or heated in the winter.  So even though it's a very humid  
>> climate, that doesn't seem to matter much.  I actually keep a  
>> humidifier where I work-- so a cyanotype emulsion, for instance,  
>> won't just go sliding off the paper once put in a water  
>> development.  Without the added humidity from a humidifier,  
>> emulsions just don't seem work all that well for me.
>>
>> I'm guessing you're not working in air conditioning up there in the  
>> mountains, Chris?   I would guess it's not a humidity issue,  
>> though; rather, when I get odd colors like that, the reason is  
>> usually the choice of paper, or possibly expired chemistry.
>>
>> On Jun 2, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
>>
>>> Things keep coming back to North Carolina. Here in Saudi, I have  
>>> NO issues with humidty, or benefit from it at that matter...unless  
>>> you count prints drying indoors in less than an hour as a bonus.  
>>> I'll be in Raleigh on the 11th. If anyone knows of something  
>>> interesting alt-wise or photographic in general in the Triangle  
>>> area over the next month, I'd love to know.
>>>
>>
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