[Alt-photo] Re: Was Sulfamic now VDB and pt/pd gold leaf

[Sandy King]

Marek,

Gold-toned  vandyke and gold-toned argyrotypes have virtually the same look. I have found argyrotype a bit more paper sensitive than vandyke, but the sulfamic acid soak may even the playing field.

Sandy


On May 8, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Marek Matusz wrote:

> Loris,
> 
> Does the argyrotype take that well to the gold toning. WOuld you have some examples to look at?
> 
> I tried argyrotype years back and it was a disaster, but now I am ready to try it again on acid treated Fabriano soft press that gave me wonderful results with palladium.
> 
> Marek
> 
> 
>> Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 08:34:20 +0300
>> From: mail at loris.medici.name
>> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
>> Subject: [Alt-photo] Re: Was Sulfamic now VDB and pt/pd gold leaf
>> 
>> Diluting the toner slows down the toning action, which makes possible
>> getting beautiful and controllable split tones.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Loris.
>> 
>> 
>> 2013/5/8 <sanking at clemson.edu>
>>> 
>>> Gold toned vandykes are, in my opinion, the most interesting looking of
>>> the iron sensitive alternative prints. The beautiful blue-black look is
>>> truly unique in this type of print, and when toned, and processed
>>> correctly, the prints are probably as stable as pt/pd prints.
>>> 
>>> These days I do most of my printing with carbon transfer, but for those
>>> who might be interested in gold toned vandykes see my article.
>>> http://www.sandykingphotography.com/resources/technical-writing/vandyke
>>> 
>>> And toning a print with the minimum solution of a gold-thiourea toner, as
>>> Loris describes, is very economical.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sandy
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I see, OTOH 1g gold chloride would make 2000ml gold-thiourea toner which
>>>> is
>>>> pretty workable (in a use and discard regime) by diluting 1+2 or 1+3.
>>>> About
>>>> 60-150ml diluted toner would suffice for prints sized between 5x7" to
>>>> 11x14", in flat bottomed trays.
>>>> 
>>>> I should find a vellum that works locally, haven't succeeded in that so
>>>> far, but I haven't looked hard enough.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Loris.
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