Gwen Walstrand (gwalstra@lib.drury.edu)
Sat, 31 Jul 1999 16:33:54 -0600 (CST)
>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
Thanks every one for all the suggestions regarding cyanotype and toning. My
remark about the possible toxic nature of toning cyanotypes in muratic acid
was rather confusing. My concern was handling the hydrochloric acid, not
the ferric ammonium citrate or the postassium ferricyanide. I have been
making cyanotypes, Van Dykes and gum prints for several years. My
preference is the brown to neutral gray image for my recent work, and I am
interested in any process that produces VDB tonal range and detail with
more consistency than VDB.
Thanks Carl and Rita for your ziatype and cyanotype suggestions. Those are
my next steps.
Gwen
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