cyanotype and silver image (was Re: Cyanotype toning and lead acetate.)

From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>
Subject: Re: Cyanotype toning and lead acetate.
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:59:20 -0600

> I had the students this semester do a combotype assignment of VDB or
> agyrotype on top of or below cyanotype. When I polled the students
> this week about which assignments to throw out, they unanimously
> chose that one, because both of those are a pain to combine. The
> cyanotype would completely disappear due to the alkalinity of the
> fix or the VDB would disappear due to the potassium ferricyanide of
> the cyanotype. I happened to really like a number that they
> produced, and the ones that were most successful had a layer of
> diluted gesso between the two.

Do you have a preferred order of the two, if both worked equally well?

If you used diluted gesso in betwee, any order would work?
Received on Sat Apr 22 22:16:13 2006