The Handmade Silver Gelatin Emulsion Print is a cookbook of simple, basic recipes for making black and white printing paper and paper negatives, along with creative options for printing, toning, and coloring. Author Denise Ross draws from photographic literature from the last 135 years, adapting old recipes to fit modern tools, materials, and work spaces and modern twists have been applied to traditional techniques.
The book is divided into three sections: Section One lays the groundwork for this unique alternative process; Section Two provides the recipes; Section Three highlights contemporary silver gelatin artists.
The book features over 200 full-color images and covers key topics including:
Vocabulary: a list of terms used by traditional photographers and emulsion makers
Creating work spaces with the right tools and materials
Basic emulsion chemistry and paper coating techniques
Working with various negative options, analog and digital
Gaslight chloride contact printing paper
Kodabromide-type chlorobromide all-purpose paper
Bromide enlarging paper
Warm tone paper and developers
Making and toning your own printing-out paper (POP)
Matte surface and baryta coating surface paper
Paper negatives and making hand-drawn and digital masks
Toning handmade paper
Gum printing over handmade paper
Troubleshooting handmade paper
Artists working with handmade paper
The Handmade Silver Gelatin Emulsion Print is for photographers who love the look and creative potential of black and white traditional photography but who want more control over the process and the end product. It is written for the beginner to experienced photographer, with processes initially explained in such a way that anyone will feel comfortable getting started, as well as information in increasing levels of complexity so that experienced photographers who enjoy a challenge will also find one.
Author(s): Denise Ross
Series: Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 314
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Section One The Important Stuff Before the Recipes
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Chapter 3 The Darkroom
Space
Infrastructure
Coating Table
A Sink (Or Two)
Ventilation
Lighting
Darkroom Heating and Cooling
Color
Floors
Clothes Lines, Clips, and Shelves
Equipment and Tools
Thermometers
Scale
Glassware
Mixing and Heating
Water Baths
Filters
Mortar and Pestle
Lightproof Containers
"Addition” Tools
All the Little Miscellaneous Things
Things for Paper Coating and Things for Processing
Chapter 4 Materials
Paper
Composition
Tint
Surface texture
Weight
Sizing, Buffering, and Optical Brighteners
Grain
Front Side vs. Screen Side
Wet strength
Chemicals
Chemicals Used in Emulsion Making
Chemicals Required for Processing Chemistry
Commercial Formulas
For Toning
Gelatin
Chapter 5 The Basics
Basic Emulsion Chemistry
Safety
Silver Nitrate
Acids
Ammonia
Weighing and Measuring
Eyedroppers
% (Percent) Solutions
The Recipes
Waste Disposal
Basic Emulsion Making
Addressing Sources of Potential Confusion and Consternation
The Basic Emulsion Components
Silver
Halides
Gelatin
The Basic Formula
The Steps of Emulsion Making
Precipitation and Ripening
Setting and Washing
Digestion
Finals
Chapter 6 Coating Paper
Infrastructure and Equipment
Coating Table
Coating Guide Bars
Glass Coating Rods (a.k.a. Puddle Pushers)
Squeegee
Assorted Old Towels and Paper Towels
A Plastic Storage Box
Polyester (“Mylar”) Sheets
Metal Yardstick (Or, Meter Stick)
Watercolor Crayon
Snap-Blade Utility Knife
Plastic Measuring Cups, Spoons, and Scoops, with Handles
Hanging Laundry Clips
Wood Strips
Spring Clamps
Materials
Coating Techniques
Wet Paper Coating with Guide Bars
Free-Form Coating on Wet Paper
Coating Dry Paper
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Coating
The Art in the Process
Selvages
Spots
A Catalog of Coating Boo-boos
Microbubbles
Blisters
True Mysteries
Repellency Spots
Glyoxal Pox
Too Thick; Too Thin
Hot Emulsion
Uncovering the Hidden Potential of Flaws
Chapter 8 Printing
Contact Printing
Printing Frames
DIY Printing Frames
Printing
Hand-Drawn Masks with Graphite Pencil
Hand-Drawn Masks with Colored Pencil
Digital Inkjet Masks
Digital Negatives
Traditional Enlarging
Enlarger Choice
Enlarging with Handmade Paper
Chapter 9 Processing
Tools and Materials
Gloves
Bottles
Trays
Technique
Develop
Stop
Fix
Hypo-clear
Wash
Toning
Drying
Air Drying
Ferrotyping
Flattening
Spotting
Chapter 10 Toning and Other Ways to Add Color
Selenium Toning
Gold Toning
Recipe: Blue Gold Toner
Silvergum
Hand-Coloring with Colored Pencils
Hand-Coloring with Photo Oils
Hand-Coloring with Photo Dyes
Section Two The Recipes
Chapter 11 Developers
Metol-Based Developers
Recipe: D23-Plus
Recipe: TLF All-Purpose Developer
Recipe: TLF Extra Oomph Developer (TLF-X, for Short)
Recipe: Ansco 120 Soft-Working Paper Developer
Metol/Hydroquinone (MQ) Developers
Recipe: Ansco 125 Paper and Film Developer
Recipe: Ansco 135 Warm-Tone Paper Developer
Chapter 12 Baryta Coating Surface
Recipe: Baryta Paper
Chapter 13 Potassium Chloride (KCl) “Gaslight” Contact Printing Paper
Chloride Emulsion Characteristics
Paper Choices
Printing
Developers: Color and Contrast Control
Selenium Toning
The Recipe
Chapter 14 Three Salts Contact Printing Paper
Emulsion Characteristics
Toning
The Recipe
Three Salts Contact Printing Paper (Hand Stirring Variation)
Variation: Three Salts Plus Copper Chloride Contact Printing Paper
Chapter 15 Chlorobromide (Kodabromide-Type) All-Purpose Paper
Enlarging Speed ClBr Emulsions
Homemade Developers for ClBr Emulsions
Printing
Controlling the Characteristic Curve
Controlling Print Color
Toning
The Recipe
Notes
Chapter 16 Bromide Paper for Enlarging and Contact Printing Paper
Bromide Emulsions
Toning
The Recipe
Chapter 17 Gelatin-Chloride Printing-Out Paper (POP)
The Basics
The Recipe
The Workflow
The Right Negative
Printing
Overexposure
Underexposure
Dry-down
Fixing, or Fixing and Toning
Recipe: Hypo & Gold POP Toner/Fixer
Recipe: Blue Gold POP Toner
Washing
The Case for Digital Negatives for POP
Color Variations Between Different Densities
Recap
Chapter 18 Paper Negatives
Paper Negative Emulsion Characteristics
Paper Options
Helix 100% Rag Vellum Paper
Bienfang Graphics 360
Rives BFK
Fabriano Artistico, HP, 90 lb
Photography with Paper Negatives
Exposure
Reciprocity Failure
Processing Paper Negatives
Developing
Stop
Fixing
Washing
Drying
Flattening
Developers for Paper Negatives
Spotting Paper Negatives
Printing with Paper Negatives
Scanned Paper Negatives to Digital Print
Contact Print Made Directly with an Original Paper Negative
Contact Print Made with an Inkjet Digital Negative
Scanning for Digital Negatives, Inkjet Prints, and Screen Viewing
Coating Paper Negatives
The Recipe
Section Three The Contributors
Chapter 19 Ian Andvaag
Biography
Chapter 20 Radoslaw Brzozowski
Silver Gelatin Printing-Out Papers (POP)
The Papers Used for Hand Coating
Emulsion Recipes and Making Instructions
Gelatin
Recipe POP Recipe by Beadle
Recipe: POP Recipe by Valenta
Preparing a Matte Emulsion
Methods for Coating Paper
Brush Coating
Transfer
Mayer Rod
Drying Coated Papers
Storing POP Papers
Exposing the Print
Processing POP Paper
Recipe: Gold Toner for POP Paper
Recipe: Hardening Fixer for POP Papers (by Lumiere)
Drying POP Paper
Developing POP Paper
Recipe: Hydroquinone Developer for POP
Recipe: Pyrogallol Developer for POP
Biography and Mission Statement
Chapter 21 Didier Derien
Biography
Chapter 22 Edward Durrill
Biography
Chapter 23 Cate Sampson
Why Historic Processes
Print and Process Information
Biography
Chapter 24 George L. Smyth
Biography
Recipe: Azo-Type Formula Silver Gelatin Paper, Grade 3
Bibliography
General Emulsion Making
Chloride Paper
Chlorobromide Paper
Bromide Paper
POP
Paper Negatives
Miscellaneous
Index
