From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 02/25/01-06:42:55 PM Z
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Randall Webb wrote:
> There appears to be a quite thorough account of cyanotypes including
> printing on fabric etc. in a book " Spirits of Salts" published by Aurum
> Press London. Also a cyanotype neg will go on pd/pt if you use the right
Randall, forgive me -- that book was upstairs in the studio so I grabbed
one from pile at hand.
> method. As for archival qualities if Anna Atkinsons prints made in the
> 1840's are still fresh then suely that is proof enough!. Who is Langford?
Interesting isn't it how folks worry about the blue being archival more
than about other, much more fugitive processes -- maybe they associate the
intense blue with aniline dyes ????
> The only one I know is Michael Langford from the Royal College of Art in
> London and he wasn't an alt.proc man.
Yes, clearly he wasn't. In fact it was apparent that he (or whoever wrote
the chapter) had never done a cyanotype.
Judy
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