| Chapter 4 | CREATING THE PHOTO-PRINTMAKING STUDIO |
EQUIPMENT
Many of the printmaking processes described in Part III, Light-Sensitive Methods, are accomplished without a photographic darkroom or film-developing area, although an artist may want access to a darkroom for making large negatives (see Chapter 5). Cyanotype, Van Dyke brown, gum bichromate, casein pigment, and Kwik Print* emulsions are applied to paper or fabric in subdued daylight, dried, exposed to bright ultraviolet light under black-and-white transparencies, and developed in water. A light box for viewing negatives, a contact printing frame for holding negatives in place against the photo-printmaking emulsion, and an exposure unit of ultraviolet light all become indispensable ...
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