Actually I think that next to cyanotype van dyke has to be the easiest. I havent made salt prints myself but I used to live with somene who made them and she had to do a two part coating proces. I think she had to salt the paper then let it dry then sensitize it then let it dry then print or maybe its he other way around...I cant remember, anyway, the two step coating process made for more oportunity to screw up. the only thing that makes van dyke harder than cyanotype is that you actualy have to fix a van dyke. other than that the process is pretty much the same. Anyway whatever you do I think that you will definetly have fun! Sam
--- "Gordon J. Holtslander" <hol...@duke.usask.ca> wrote: > > OK. > > the easiest alt-process next to cyanotype has to be > salted paper. > > cyanotype is likely the cheapest followed by gum > bichromate (requires > expensive paper, water color pigment, gum arabic and > pottasium dichromate) > > Gum bichromate isn't expensive, but you must be > prepared to tackle > multiple coat printing and registration - but his > can be done with a > couple of pins some bulletin board. > > All sorts of fun processes you can use with a big > negative :) > > Gord > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Sam Tischler wrote: > > > How abut van dykes? a close cousin to the > kallitype. > > I did some pinhole vadykes that you can see at: > > http://samdevinetischler.com/new/new.html > > Van dykes are really "easy" and tone well and are > > afordable you use the solution right out of the > > bottle. > > Sam > > > > --- John Yeo <jonn...@thegrid.net> wrote: > > > I can second the kallitype recommendation. I > just > > > did my first kallitype > > > last week. Check it out a > > > http://www.enteric.org/sa/kallitype-small.jpg > > > (not pinhole). I printed a few under the sun, > but > > > was having problems with > > > bleaching during development due to an overly > strong > > > fixer. This one was > > > exposed under a black light for 25 min. I just > > > bought six blacklights and > > > plywood to make a printer, as I'm rarely home > and > > > awake during the daytime. > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <js...@aol.com> > > > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:16 AM > > > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] New photo show > > > > > > > > > > Another option that is similar to > > > Platinum/Palladium but is much less > > > > expensive is Kallitype. There are a number of > > > resources on the web -- just > > > do > > > > a search on kallitype. Dick Stevens book "The > > > definitive guide to > > > kallitype" > > > > is very good also. Photographers Formulary in > > > Montana offers workshops on > > > > alternative processes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > > > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > > > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > > > unsubscribe or change your account at > > > http://www.???????/discussion/ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > > unsubscribe or change your account at > > http://www.???????/discussion/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology > hol...@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place > http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of > Saskatchewan > Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan > Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
