4

Creating the Photo-Printmaking Studio

The Light Box

The Contact Printing Frame

The Exposure Unit

Materials and Procedures, Including Paper and Sizing

Image

4.1  Laura Blacklow, Prom Dream, 36 × 58 in. (91.4 × 147 cm) Black and white digital print on vellum and pastels. My process is explained more in Chapter 2, Hand Coloring.

Many of the printmaking processes described in Part III, Light-Sensitive Methods, are accomplished without a photographic darkroom, film developing area, or digital studio, although an artist may want access to these facilities for making large contact negatives that are the size of the intended image. Cyanotype, Van Dyke ...

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