Salted Paper Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Introduction to Salted Paper......Page 16
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Salted Paper......Page 20
Part One Salted Paper Step-by-Step......Page 34
Chapter 2 Setting Up the Salted Paper Dimroom......Page 36
Sensitizer chemistry......Page 37
Essential big(ger) equipment......Page 38
Essential smaller equipment and supplies......Page 39
Essential consumables......Page 40
Paper......Page 42
Chapter 3 Digital Negatives for Salted Paper......Page 44
Curve preparation......Page 45
Curves step by step......Page 46
Image preparation for all negatives......Page 48
Printer settings......Page 49
Pizza wheels......Page 50
Concluding remarks......Page 51
Chapter 4 Talbot’s Photogenic Drawing Process......Page 54
Supplies......Page 55
Unsalted paper/hot water fix......Page 56
Unsalted paper/salted water fix......Page 57
Unsalted paper/ammonia fix......Page 59
Salted paper/salted water fix......Page 61
Salted paper/potassium iodide fix......Page 62
Salted paper/potassium bromide fix......Page 63
Chapter 5 Creating Your First Salted Paper Print......Page 66
Gold sodium carbonate toner......Page 67
Sensitizing the paper......Page 68
Exposing, processing, and toning......Page 69
Chapter 6 Salting and Sensitizing the Paper......Page 72
About salts......Page 73
About water......Page 74
About brushes......Page 75
Ammonium chloride/sodium citrate......Page 76
Clark’s arrowroot salt size I......Page 77
Carrageenan salt size......Page 78
15% silver nitrate......Page 79
Silver nitrate/citric acid......Page 80
Sensitizing the paper......Page 81
Chapter 7 Exposing and Processing Salted Paper......Page 84
Determining exposure by inspection......Page 85
5% salted water wash formula......Page 87
Processing the exposed paper......Page 88
Processing steps......Page 89
Chapter 8 Toning Salted Paper......Page 92
Gold toning......Page 93
1% gold chloride solution......Page 94
Gold sodium carbonate toner......Page 95
Gold borax toner......Page 96
Gold ammonium benzoate toner......Page 97
Gold thiocyanate toner......Page 98
Gold iodide-thiocyanate toner II......Page 99
Gold thiourea toner II......Page 100
Platinum and palladium toning......Page 101
Platinum or palladium toner......Page 102
Selenium toner......Page 103
Ferguson’s copper toner......Page 104
Cassell’s copper toner......Page 105
Photo Miniature copper toner......Page 106
Iron blue toner......Page 107
Toning tips......Page 109
Chapter 9 Advanced Techniques for Salted Paper......Page 112
Universal salting recipe......Page 113
Casein salt size I......Page 114
Agar agar salt sizing......Page 115
Cupric chloride as a contrast agent......Page 116
Silver nitrate/citric acid......Page 118
Ammonium sulfate salting......Page 120
Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Salted Paper......Page 122
Occurrence of problems, in this order......Page 123
The print has faded and/or yellowed......Page 124
The print has stains, splotches, spots......Page 127
The print has dark streaks in it......Page 131
The print has white streaks in it......Page 133
The print has yellowed in the highlights......Page 134
The print is fogged......Page 135
The print is blotchy and mottled......Page 137
The print looks like it has the measles......Page 138
The print has toning issues......Page 141
The print is too low contrast and dull......Page 143
The print is high contrast and harsh......Page 144
The print is too light......Page 145
The print is too dark......Page 147
The print has bronzed (too much)......Page 149
The color is inconsistent......Page 150
There are silver stains on clothes, etc.......Page 151
Essential supplies......Page 156
Tricolor (RGB) negatives......Page 157
Sizing......Page 159
Pigment choice, in a nutshell......Page 160
Registering gum......Page 161
Coating gum......Page 162
Developing gum......Page 163
Using duotone negatives......Page 164
Troubleshooting gum......Page 165
Supplies......Page 168
Supplies......Page 169
Cyanotype formula......Page 171
Printing salted paper on wood......Page 173
Creative bleaching......Page 174
Other creative ideas......Page 175
Preserving a digital copy......Page 178
To varnish, or not to varnish......Page 179
Matting and framing......Page 180
Part Two Contemporary Salted Paper Artists......Page 186
Chapter 14 Contemporary Salted Paper Artists......Page 188
Kimberly Anderson......Page 190
Darryl Baird......Page 196
Matthew Brandt......Page 200
Daniel W. Coburn......Page 206
Megan Crawford......Page 210
Dan Estabrook......Page 214
Adam Finkelston......Page 218
Brittonie Fletcher......Page 222
Luther D. Gerlach......Page 224
Keith Gerling......Page 230
Brenton Hamilton......Page 234
Suzanne Izzo......Page 238
Ken Keen......Page 242
Rebecca Sexton Larson......Page 244
Marek Matusz......Page 248
Leanne McPhee......Page 254
Dave Molnar......Page 258
France Scully Osterman......Page 262
Mark Osterman......Page 264
Jessica Christine Owen......Page 266
Carol Panaro-Smith and James Hajicek......Page 270
Ron Reeder......Page 274
Dianna Rust......Page 278
Karel Van Gerven......Page 282
Alan Vlach......Page 286
Sam Wang......Page 290
Wynn White......Page 294
DM Witman......Page 298
Ellie Young......Page 302
Appendix Including Historical Salting Formulas......Page 306
Historical salting formula charts......Page 307
The guerrilla fix......Page 309
Determining exposure with a step wedge......Page 310
Weights and measures......Page 311
Sources for supplies......Page 312
Bibliography......Page 314
Index......Page 318