From: Bob Kiss (bobkiss@caribsurf.com)
Date: 07/22/02-05:57:48 AM Z
DEAR CACTUS,
And there should be genocide trials here in Barbados! This island was
FAMOUS for production of high quality powdered Arrow Root for decades!
CHEERS!
BOB
----- Original Message -----
From: Cactus Cowboy <cactus@tritel.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: Avoiding gelatine
> Has anyone heard the terrifying screams of agony from an Arrowroot
(Maranta
> arundinaceae) as it's brutally ripped from the bosom of Mother Earth by a
> wild-eyed vegan? I have. It's a slow and very painful death as the poor,
> helpless Arrowroot slowly wilts and expires.
>
> Best regards from a plant lover,
> Cactus Cowboy
> Big Wonderful Wyoming
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <graeme.lyall@ntlworld.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:22 AM
> Subject: Avoiding gelatine
>
>
> > I prefer not to use gelatine. As a vegetarian I wouldn't eat it and as
a
> photographer I would like to find alternatives, not always possible of
> course.
> >
> > So far I have only worked with cyanotypes (plus a few early experiments
> with silver nitrate). So I was wondering if anyone has experiences of
using
> arrowroot or other ways of sizing or coating paper which have been
> successful?
> >
> > Graeme Lyall
> >
>
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