Rita Dibert (rjdibert@whanganui.ac.nz)
Sat, 31 Jul 1999 16:55:01 +1300
>>One of my colleagues said I should just try platinum. Perhaps I should, but
>>the neutral cyanotype sound simpler and cheaper (although quite toxic). Any
>>thoughts or advice? Experiments with Van Dyke, and more recently Kallitype
>>II, have left me yearning for more consistent results and control. Cliff
>>notes anyone?
>>
>>Gwen Walstrand
>
>Cheaper, perhaps, if you don't consider the waste of paper and time.
>Simpler? NO WAY! It takes a whole lot more time, skills, tests, hair
>to be pulled out, etc., if you are after high quality cyanotype,
>especially when you start double coating. I doubt it would be any
>simpler if you add toning to it.
>
>For simplicity, go for platinum or palladium.
>
>I know. I wasted the better part of two weeks trying to make good
>cyanotypes from 12x20 negatives. Not only do I have a big waste
>basket full of seconds, I even killed one of the negatives by trying
>to print it before the paper was thoroughly dry. It was all because
>someone at APIS wanted one of my cyanotypes...
>
>Sam Wang
Dear Gwen, Cyanotypes, if you mix with gloves/adeq.ventilation and a mask
and then coat and develop with gloves and mask cyanaotypes are far cheaper
than any silver/platinum/plad solution. I use it as the second project for
art majors electing photo using cliche verre negs. Cyanotypes made with the
instructions in Bea Nettles "Cookbook" are sufficient to give very
satisfying results. . Patience, and something else to do while the
negs/paper are drying is of course essencia. lWrite Leslie Bauer
<bauer@california.com> for good recipes to get better colours if you don't
like the intense cerelean blue you get at most latitudes. Cheers Rita
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