Silver Book

j.r.anderson (j.r.anderson@mds.qmw.ac.uk)
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 10:17:48 +0100

As I was in Silverprint (London, England) yesterday, I had a look at the
Silver Emulsion book which was recently mentioned on the list - as a result
I have now purchased a copy! I would recommend this book to anyone who is
having problems (or, for that matter, NOT having problems) with this
process. It is well-written and illustrated, and the methodology section
covers many of the problems which were discussed recently on the list.

The section on dilution, application and fogging problems does not
necessarily cover all the "fine tuning" which was mentioned on the list,
but it does cover much of it, plus a few possible solutions (no pun
intended) which have not been mentioned. By the way, they have knocked off
25% of the price for a short time to help launch it (and they also do a
marginally improved offer on this if you also purchase a bottle of the
Kentmere product).

Although I am occasionally brave enough to stick my head above the trenches
on this list ;-), I would of course point out that I am not really expert
enough to know if there are better books around, but it's certainly worth
looking at this one, even if you don't finally buy it...

By the way, I was looking through the "Old Processes" draw in the shop, and
saw, for the first time in the flesh, a small Argyrotype.... IMHO this is a
process DEFINITELY worth finding out about, as the results are very much of
the standard one would expect given its origins....and, of course, a lot
more stable (so they say ;-)) than the original process!

Jonathan Anderson