From: Sandy King (sanking@CLEMSON.EDU)
Date: 09/17/01-09:41:58 AM Z
You will find a quite an interesting discussion of toning, and
several gold toner formulas that could be used to tone VDB prints, in
James Reilly's The Albumen and Salted Paper Book. This book, which
was published in the 1980s, is no longer in print but is available
on-line at
http://albumen.stanford.edu/library/monographs/reilly/toc.html
The color change I have observed by gold-toning VDB prints is a
purple/brown, away from the chocolate brown seen in untoned prints.
You can also tone VBD prints with platinum, which results in a shift
more toward neutral black, with a hint of brown remaining.
For maximum color change VDB prints need to be toned before fixing. I
doubt very much you will see any color change in prints toned 9-12
months later but it will do no harm to experiment so try it and let
us know the answer.
Sandy King
>I had seen on Sam Devine Tischler's website (for example here:
>http://www.samdevinetischler.com/new/new_vessel2.html) some examples of
>gold-toned Van Dyke Browns which I thought were very nice... unless my
>monitor is miscalibrated it seems like the tones change to deeper purple to
>chocolate... not having seen the prints it's hard to say, but nonetheless my
>interest is piqued.
>
>I had a few questions pop in my head, but I figured why bother Sam when I
>can bother a whole list?
>
>1) I've never done gold-toning before, only sepia and selenium. Can anyone
>recommend a good source of information or recommend a specific gold toner?
>
>2) Could I try gold toning my existing VDB's (they are 9-12 months old...
>and yes, I have extras ;-) ) or would it really be best to print up some
>fresh ones?
>
>
>Thanks, and peace!
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