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As people probably already know, there will be presentations
of Cyanotype Rex and Chrysotype Rex at APIS 2004 in Scotland in
September.
Both processes are cheap, simple and repeatable. Cyanotype Rex
is sensitive enough even to make in camera negatives while exposures for
contract prints from dense platinum negs are less than two minutes.
As it is satisfying exploring new approaches, we went
back to earlier methods to see how they could be combined with today's
approach.
One of the classic difficulties of working in platinum is that
although the print may sparkle in the water, when it dries down that sparkle is
lost. You cam keep the sparkle of the platinum print if you print
on fixed out silver gelatine paper but the difficulty is that the final
result looks little different from a silver gelatine
print.
The exciting thing is that combining the platinum process with
other classic 19th century processes keeps or even enhances the 'wet' sparkle,
even when the platinum print has dried, but maintains that feel of a
platinum print on fine paper.
We will be showing examples at APIS 2004.
Terry
Terry King
FRPS
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