Re: cyanotype over B&W print

Cor Breukel (cor@ruly46.medfac.leidenuniv.nl)
Tue, 29 Oct 1996 10:35:55 +0100 (MET)

Terry responded to my question:

<The difficulty with this approach is that the potrassium ferricyanide in
the cyanotype solution is a silver bleach.

The silver in your BW print would oxidise to a salt a disappear !

Cyanotype over a gumprint, or vice versa, works fine though.

Terry King >

.the idea is to use a largly unexposed (that is around the edges a few
exposed areas)B&W print, keeping the centre white. I want to use this
white area for the cyanotype. As I understand from Jack Fulton this
should work. Any thoughts on effects of a strong UV exposure onto a
processed silver print?

Cor Breukel
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