From: Keith Gerling (keithgerling@att.net)
Date: 04/24/02-02:30:30 PM Z
The process is anthotype, which I mentioned in my previous response. It is
slow (perhaps weeks!) and the result fades. But it is pretty. Also, I've
found it is a nice media to use to introduce children to alternative
photography. Collecting petals is fun, they get to check daily on the
progress of the printing, and then tell their friends about how they can
make photographs with flowers!
Christopher James gives instructions in his book, and there is information
on Dick Sullivan's (nice, newly-designed) website:
http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/anthotype.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: acolyta@www.napc.com [mailto:acolyta@www.napc.com]On Behalf Of
epona
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:02 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: environmental question
Hi Graeme,
Yes, I think I have heard of printing with flowers......can't remember
where, but I think I also heard it did not work that well.....vaguely
remember something about fading too fast....
Cheers,
Christine
graeme.lyall@ntlworld.com wrote:
> I seem to remember that John Herschel experimented in the 1840s with light
sensitive extracts made from flower petals and the like. I cannot remember
without checking (Out of the Shadows by Larry Schaaf details it) how
successful or not these experiments were, but they must have been fairly
environmentally friendly. Not of much practical help though.
>
> Perhaps colour transparencies would be better in the sense that you use
less materials ... and I've always preferred to look at mine with a hand
lens!
>
> Graeme Lyall
> graeme.lyall@ntlworld.com
>
> >
> > From: epona <acolyta@napc.com>
> > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:13:45 -0400
> > To: "alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca"
<alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> > Subject: environmental question
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > What, in all your esteemed opinions, would be the photographic process
> > to leave the least impact on the environment?
> >
> > Hypothetically, say I lived in a hut in the middle of nowhere. I would
> > not, with a clean concience, be able to dump my used chemistry on the
> > ground or in my composting toilet or what have you.
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christine
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
> > It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this
> > emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and
> > stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."
> > -Albert Einstein
> >
> >
> >
> >
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." -Albert Einstein
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