RE: Anthotypes

Dry flowers would be an experiment. I doubt it.
The process seems to work with best with petals that
are 'fresh' or just blossomed if you will. The point
being that its photosensitive properties are still
at its fullest strength when young in their lifecycle.

Part of the beauty of the process is that you can
grow the flowers in your own garden. Flowers bought at
a store might work too. It's a gamble. It may seem more
of a seasonal printing activity but not really.
Although I have used emulsion stored for several months
kept in the dark in a brown bottle and it worked fine.
The images made on Malin's website were from made from
emulsion that were over three months old.

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From: REDROCKET [mailto:redrocket@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 17:32
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Anthotypes

Can dry flower petals be used? Where are you getting your flowers? I want to
try this.

Thanks

Mac

on 11/13/03 1:02 PM, Martin Reis at mreis@tafelmusik.org wrote:

> Hi Malin,
>
> I'll make you a deal. I am going to conduct tests on the
> longevity of these prints and will keep you posted.
> Kind of like watching paint dry but what's an alt
> printer to do? All that I have read indicates that
> unless left in bright direct sunlight that they're okay.
> Colin Heritage-Tilney make this claim in his article.
>
> On the other hand, why do all things (photographic) have
> to be permanent. What on earth is? Do they not become
> more precious if their nature is impermanent?
>
> Martin

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