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Lloyd Godman
Alternative
Photographic Processes - (Hand
made photographic -emulsions and processes)
Kallitype
- or Van Dyke Brown Prints
Materials, facilities and equipment check list:
Safety
Equipment:
*
Rubber gloves - essential
*
ventilation -essential (use breathing mask if ventilation is not adequate)
*Apron
- suggested
*
Breathing mask - suggested
*Goggles
- suggested especially for splattering, airbrush application
Chemicals:
*silver
nitrate - essential
*ferric
ammonium citrate - essential
*
tartaric acid -essential
*
sodium thiosulfate - essential
*
Distilled water -suggested
Equipment:
*Measuring
graduates - these need to be able to measure up to 150ml - 200ml - essential
*4
containers for mixing the solutions - essential
*
brown storage bottle, this needs to be large enough to hold both measures
of chemical about 300ml or 2 bottles of 150ml. With two smaller bottles
you can work from one and keep the other in reserve - essential
*Plastic
spoon for mixing - suggested
*Eyedropper
to put small amounts of sensitiser on paper - suggested
*Brushes - essential
*glass
rods - suggested
*Pencil
for registration or notes -suggested
*Sponge,
rag, mop, soap for cleanup - suggested
Materials:
*Support
base or paper -essential
*
Negatives -essential
*2
Trays, slightly larger than the paper size - essential
*Suitable
exposure source -essential ( this could be the sun)
*timer
or clock - suggested
*running
water -suggested
*
Masking tape - suggested
Facilities:
*
an area to set up trays and wash prints - essential
*
a place for coated prints to dry, in subdued light - essential
*
a place for processed prints to dry -essential (e.g.. print rack, clothesline)
*a
clean surface to coat prints in yellow safe light or subdued light that
can be washed down- (or put down old newspapers) essential
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