Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pablo asked about practical books on alternative processes, and I offered to check out a book called Spirits of Salts by Randall Webb and Martin Reed (published by Argentum). Here, in case anyone else is interested, is a brief description of the processes described therein: Making paper by hand Handling chemicals Coating paper Exposing Salt printing Albumen POP Van Dyke and Kallitype Cyanotype Pellet prints (positive cyanotype) Platinum and palladium Bromoil Oil printing Carbon Printing (including making carbon tissue) Gum printing Casein printing Photo engraving (including the traditional feather for wiping the bubbles off the plate in the acid) Photogravure (begins 'Nobody has ever said that this process is easy.') Photo-silkscreen Cliche Verre Bleach-etch Solvent transfer Typically each process has the following sections: description shopping list negatives paper method trouble shooting. The list of suppliers is biased towards the UK, but Europe (isn't that somewhere just outside Moscow?) and N America get some coverage (even Canadia is mentioned, but only once). It is comb wire bound (not spiral wire), and the back cover falls off automatically. It is available for about UKP 15 (published price UKP 22.50). I have nothing to do with the publishers of this book, and certainly nothing to do with the binders - though I did act as a guy who kept complaining about low standards in bookbinding in a short comedy movie called 'Glue' last year. Regards, Malcolm On topic: Could you tell the difference between one of the lenses in your reading glasses and the 135 Apo-Telyt-M if you print using any of these processes?