RE: Van Dyke toning trying to remember...

You may try to iron the prints (between ordinary paper sheets). It gives
subtle color and density change (but I don't know it that works for every
paper - it used to work with Canson NOT watercolor papers).

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Lovenguth [mailto:chris@chrisportfolio.com]
Sent: 25 Şubat 2006 Cumartesi 01:31
To: Alt List
Subject: Van Dyke toning trying to remember...

Hello everyone,

I've just started doing some Van Dyke prints again. I haven't done these for
a while and my cool recipe book isn't in NYC with me (in storage upstate)
and I was trying to remember if there is a way to darken the brown like you
can do with hydrogen peroxide on a cyanotype. I know you can use gold and
selenium toners, but isn't there a common household item that can be used or
am I totally wrong here? I thought I remember using something that made my
browns go much more "chocolate" after development and fixing, and I know I
never used gold or selenium on alt prints ever so I know it wasn't these
two.

Oh, I hot hairdryer dry my prints already, maybe that is all I used to do?

Chris
http://www.chrisportfolio.com
Received on Fri Feb 24 17:43:30 2006