Book description
Salted Paper Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists makes one of the oldest known photographic processes easy for the 21st century using simple digital negative methods.
Christina Z. Anderson’s in-depth discussion begins with a history of salted paper printing, then covers the salted paper process from beginner to intermediate level, with step-by-step instructions and an illustrated troubleshooting guide. Including cameraless imagery, hand-coloring, salt in combination with gum, and printing on fabric, Salted Paper Printing contextualizes the practice within the varied alternative processes. Anderson offers richly-illustrated profiles of contemporary artists making salted paper prints, discussing their creative process and methods.
Salted Paper Printing is perfect for the seasoned photographer looking to dip their toe into alternative processes, or for the photography student eager to engage with photography’s rich history.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to Salted Paper
- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Salted Paper
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Part One Salted Paper Step-by-Step
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Chapter 2 Setting Up the Salted Paper Dimroom
- “Simple salt” chemistry
- Chemistry for the salt enthusiast
- Salting/sizing chemistry
- Sensitizer chemistry
- Processing chemistry
- Toning chemistry
- Gum chemistry
- Handcoloring supplies
- Varnishing supplies, if desired
- Safety first!
- Essential big(ger) equipment
- Nonessential bigger equipment
- Essential smaller equipment and supplies
- Essential consumables
- Paper
- Chapter 3 Digital Negatives for Salted Paper
- Chapter 4 Talbot’s Photogenic Drawing Process
- Chapter 5 Creating Your First Salted Paper Print
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Chapter 6 Salting and Sensitizing the Paper
- Supplies for salting and sensitizing
- About salts
- About sizes
- About water
- About brushes
- Salting and salt-size formulas
- Sodium chloride salting solution
- Sodium chloride/citric acid/rochelle salts
- Ammonium Chloride/Sodium Citrate
- Ammonium chloride/sodium citrate/gelatin
- Clark’s arrowroot salt size I
- Clark’s arrowroot salt size II
- Casein salt size
- Carrageenan salt size
- Silver nitrate sensitizer
- 15% silver nitrate
- Silver nitrate/citric acid
- Sensitizing the paper
- Chapter 7 Exposing and Processing Salted Paper
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Chapter 8 Toning Salted Paper
- Gold toning
- Amount of in the formula
- Alkalinity of the formula
- 1% gold chloride solution
- Gold sodium bicarbonate toner
- Gold sodium carbonate toner
- Gold borax toner
- Gold sodium acetate toner
- Gold ammonium benzoate toner
- Gold sodium phosphate toner
- Gold aluminum toner
- Gold sodium tungstate toner
- Gold thiocyanate toner
- Gold iodide-thiocyanate toner
- Gold iodide-thiocyanate toner II
- Gold thiourea toner
- Gold thiourea toner II
- Sel d’or toner
- Platinum and palladium toning
- Platinum or palladium toner
- Selenium toning
- Selenium toner
- Copper toning
- Ferguson’s copper toner
- Cassell’s copper toner
- Photo Miniature copper toner
- Iron blue toning
- Iron blue toner
- Toning tips
- Chapter 9 Advanced Techniques for Salted Paper
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Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Salted Paper
- Problems addressed, in this order
- Occurrence of problems, in this order
- The print has faded and/or yellowed
- The print has stains, splotches, spots
- The print has dark streaks in it
- The print has white streaks in it
- The print has yellowed in the highlights
- The print is fogged
- The print is blotchy and mottled
- The print looks like it has the measles
- The print has toning issues
- The print is too low contrast and dull
- The print is high contrast and harsh
- The print is too light
- The print is too dark
- The print has bronzed (too much)
- The color is inconsistent
- The silver nitrate solution is brown
- There are silver stains on clothes, etc.
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Chapter 11 Printing Gum Over Salted Paper
- Essential supplies
- Duotone (warm/cool) negatives
- Tricolor (RGB) negatives
- Quadcolor (CMYK) negatives
- Sizing
- Dichromate preparation
- Pigment choice, in a nutshell
- Preparing stock solutions
- Preparing working strength solutions
- Registering gum
- Coating gum
- Exposing gum
- Developing gum
- Using the salt negative for gum
- Using duotone negatives
- Using tricolor (RGB) negatives
- Using CMYK negatives
- Troubleshooting gum
- Chapter 12 Handcoloring and Other Creative Ideas
- Chapter 13 Finishing, Framing, and Storing Salted Paper
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Chapter 2 Setting Up the Salted Paper Dimroom
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Part Two Contemporary Salted Paper Artists
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Chapter 14 Contemporary Salted Paper Artists
- Kimberly Anderson
- Darryl Baird
- Matthew Brandt
- Daniel W. Coburn
- Megan Crawford
- Dan Estabrook
- Adam Finkelston
- Brittonie Fletcher
- Luther D. Gerlach
- Keith Gerling
- Brenton Hamilton
- Suzanne Izzo
- Ken Keen
- Rebecca Sexton Larson
- Marek Matusz
- Leanne McPhee
- Dave Molnar
- France Scully Osterman
- Mark Osterman
- Jessica Christine Owen
- Carol Panaro-Smith and James Hajicek
- Ron Reeder
- Dianna Rust
- Karel Van Gerven
- Alan Vlach
- Sam Wang
- Wynn White
- DM Witman
- Ellie Young
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Chapter 14 Contemporary Salted Paper Artists
- Appendix Including Historical Salting Formulas
- Bibliography
- Index
Product information
- Title: Salted Paper Printing
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2017
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781351987783
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