RE: salt prints

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From: ken watson (watsok@frii.com)
Date: 06/25/01-10:00:49 AM Z


Maybe I am miss understanding, but I thought salt prints require paper or
other absorptive medium...to hold the salt and then the silver chloride.
The problem may be if you get a material( cloth for example) that is to
absorptive the solution completely soaks through, you lose contrast. If you
use a material that does not absorb moisture, you do not have an image( it
washes off ). Perhaps albumen might offer more flexibility? I believe it
will stick to many things, plastic perhaps, as well as paper. Cyanotype is
certainly easier than both.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Benedict Johnson [mailto:bennn@callnetuk.com]
  Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:32 AM
  To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
  Subject: salt prints

  hi,

  I'm just looking for any handy hints about salt printing onto surfaces
other than paper.
  I'm looking to do this with a young group i'm teaching.

  It seemed that this could be an effective and simple process where we will
be trying to work outside with natural materials as much as possible.

  Any advice would be much appreciated.

  regards

  benedict johnson


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