From: Gordon J. Holtslander (holtsg@duke.usask.ca)
Date: 04/06/03-09:52:37 AM Z
Hi:
You could try toning your cyanotypes.
I remember sommone saying they were able to tone their cyanotypes and
ended up having something that looked very much like van-dyke.
Gord
On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Rauch, Shelley wrote:
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> Success! Well, mostly! :)
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> Again, I used the Reives BFK. Had some minor problems with my sponge-type brush disingtigrating on the last application, which showed up very clearly in the final print.
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> But everything turned out this time. I still didn't see the beautiful contrast range in the images I viewed online. What I produced were a bit more stark in appearance. I think we may be using the traditional cyanotype- this I intend to find out this week.
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> Its an interesting process, but I'm not sure how I feel about 'all that blue'. I'm thinking about trying the VanDyke process next.
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> Oh, yeah: It's definately much, much easier doing this on a sunny day! Thank you all for your suggestions and advice, once again.
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> Cheers,
> Shelley
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