From: Sandy King (sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Date: 11/30/00-06:27:18 PM Z
Yes, Argyrotype can be toned. Barnier has some instructions and examples in
Coming into Focus.
I can't answer the question about print preservation because I have only
been making Argyrotypes for a few months. Ware, who introduced the process,
writes that it was designed to avert the inherent problem of other
iron-based silver processes, i.e. the danger of leaving reaidual ferric
iron in the print, which will eventually degrade the print by oxidizing the
silver.
Sandy King
>Sandy King said in ÒRe: PalladiumÓ:
>[2000/11/30 14:14]
>
>> Let me suggest you try Mike Ware's Argyrotype. It is a silver/iron
>> process like kallitype but much less problematic. I have found it to
>> be very easy to work and consistent and use it a lot for proofing of
>> large format negatives.
>>
>> Sandy King
>
>Would you know ho it ages? Can it be toned (gold, selenium?) for
>preservation? In other words, how does it behave when on display in a frame
>for a long time in a room with 'normal' lighting condition...
>Thanks.
>
>/ln
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