ABOUT NEW CHRYSOTYPE PRINTING The New Chrysotype process has tonal and surface qualities and permanence like Platinotype-Palladiotype, but the added feature of beautifully muted colours, controlled by the chemistry and physics of the process. The photographic artist should find here a whole new palette of non-literal colour to explore (more…)
ABOUT CYANOTYPE This process requires no other chemicals, can be exposited in sunlight and developed simply in water. Cyanotypes provide a beautiful image in stable Prussian blue pigment. The image colour may be easily modified by a variety of toning agents. THE CANOTYPE HISTORY Sir John Herschel’s Classic/traditional cyanotype process, now practiced for 166 years, (more…)
ABOUT GUM BICHROMATE OVER CYANOTYPE: Printing gum bichromate images over cyanotype creates totally permanent image. Gum bichromate over cyanotype adds colour creating a painterly effect. This process begins by creating a standard cyanotype print, and then an additional layer of a gum bichromate solution (containing gum arabic, pigment, and (more…)
ABOUT PLATINIUM AND PALLADIUM PRINTING: Printing in platinum and palladium is acknowledged as the summit of alternative processes – images formed in totally permanent ‘noble’ metal, exquisitely graduated in tones of neutral grey or warm sepia, with a beguiling luminosity in the high values. This modernized version provides a (more…)
Alternative Photographic Process Symposium 2027 is designed to create an understanding of various processes, opening up new ideas, ways of working, expressing and presenting your work. Speakers: Key Note Speaker: Bob Carnie – Silvershack (Toronto, Canada) Speakers: Jane Brown : Danielle Edwards: Gale Spring: Ellie Young More to follow: The $250.00 Fee includes Lunch, (more…)
