Printmaking
Processes
Tags: Digital Drawing, Visual Art, Graphic Design
Historic Printing Processes
Salt Print - The salt print process, a 19th-century photographic technique, involves coating paper with a solution of common salt and silver nitrate to create a light-sensitive surface. After exposure to sunlight through a contact negative, the paper is developed and fixed resulting in sepia-toned images known for their distinctive and artistic quality.
The cyanotype print - a 19th-century photographic method, entails coating paper with a mixture of iron salts, which, when exposed to sunlight or UV light through a negative, results in a distinctive blue and white image. The print is then washed, fixing the image and producing a characteristic cyan-blue tone that is emblematic of this historical photographic technique.
The gum bichromate - An alternative photographic technique where paper is coated with a mixture of gum arabic, pigment, and a light-sensitive dichromate solution. After exposing the coated paper to UV light through a negative, it is developed and washed, revealing a handcrafted image characterized by its painterly quality and the ability to incorporate multiple colors through successive layers of pigment.
Salt Print of a Glass Plate Negetive
Cyanotype Print made form a Digital Negative
Gum Bichromate print made from a Digital Negative