From: Thom Mitchell (tjmitch@ix.netcom.com)
Date: 04/24/02-08:55:14 PM Z
Christopher James has a very short section on Anthotypes in his book.
Basically he explains you take flowers, fruit, etc. (blueberries, marigolds,
cranberries, etc.) blend them to pulp with a little denatured alcohol to
create a solution to coat a sheet of paper. Print via the sun in a contact
print frame with exposure times measured in weeks. The sun bleaches out the
image. I don't know if there is a way to fix the image to keep the fading
from continuing. I have only read about it and have no practical experience
with this, yet. I had asked a question about this a few months back to know
if anyone had done this. If anyone has done this I would love to hear your
experiences. Thanks, Thom
----- Original Message -----
From: "epona" <acolyta@napc.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 14:02
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
> >
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