From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 02/05/01-02:20:45 PM Z
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, James Romeo wrote:
> Judy and Sarah
> I have never realy worked with cyanotype. I have never cared for the blue.
> You are right how nice color repo works it caught my eye.
That's why you need to gum, Jim. AMAZING what color does (why else blue
eyeshadow?) John Dugdale had a whole show of them a few years back. I
myself prefer the split tone -- rosy brown highlights, purply blue
shadows. His were all brown, still wonderful.
One of these days I'll get a brain transplant & put a couple of toned
cyanos on a website... Meanwhile, believe !
Judy
> It looked like if I worked with canotype and toneing it would give me a
> image tone that would work fo me.
> The first thing I did when I read what Sarah wrote was to look it up in
> Post-Factory # 5.
> I have never seen a toned cyanotype before. Thank you all.
> which remands me I have to re-new my subscription.
> James
>
> > From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
> > Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 18:21:01 -0500 (EST)
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: cyanotype
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Sarah Van Keuren wrote:
> >
> >> While there are some nice upbeat passages in that View Camera article, on
> >> the whole I found it disappointing and the cyanotypes that were reproduced
> >> pretty dull. The authors, about whom nothing was written, perpetuate the
> >> myth about peroxide intensification and miss out on the least damaging,
> >> least noxious way of bleaching cyanotypes i.e. sodium carbonate. The
> >
> > Amazing how nice color repro and lots of ad pages give a reassuring sense
> > of authenticity...
> >
> >> process seems to be offered as an antique alternative to laser and inkjet
> >> but overlooks the idea of combining digital negatives with cyanotype. If I
> >> did not know the cyanotype process already, this article would offer little
> >> incentive to try it. The cyanotype that is hand-colored with Dr. Martin dyes
> >> (notorious for their fugitive nature) exemplifies an aesthetic of
> >
> > I thought the FDA had passed a law against Dr. Martin's . Aiyeee!
> >
> >> hand-tinting that I reject. The authors would have done well to immerse
> >> themselves in Mike Ware's 'Cyanotype' book and the latest issue of
> >> Post-Factory. It surprised me that Steve Simmons chose to publish it in a
> >> magazine that I otherwise respect.
> >
> > Sarah, I'm so glad I didn't see that article. Would have had to waste time
> > & energy writing a correction... casting pearls before the snaggletoothed.
> >
> > Jim, Didn't you get Post-Factory #5? See page 41, et al. (If it didn't
> > arrive, I'll send another.)
> >
> > Judy
> >
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