Platinum and Other Alternative Processes – Equipment and Materials Required to Make the Fine Print

This article examines very exhaustively what is required, according to a fledgling perspective, to make contact prints in platinum-palladium with a specific accentuation on computerized negatives. We will likewise see what is expected to introduce the fine print, for example spotting and mounting. At last, how you can set up your own synthetics and, a0 plotten since some hardware can be home constructed, DIY guidelines are likewise included.

Gear and parts required and where to get them.

Making the negatives:

PC w/Photoshop………………………………………………you presumably as of now have it

Ink-stream printer………………………………………………………….you most likely as of now have it

Darkroom/Printing:

UV unit……………………………………………………………………DIY/electrical materials providers

Contact printing frame………………………………………………..DIY

1,5″ Wash brush (best quality not cheap)…………………………art shop or on the web

Short glass, 2ml syringes…………………………………………….hardware shop/physicist

Golden jugs with dropper………………………………………….Bostick&Sullivan

Dryer……………………………………………………………………..hardware shop + DIY

Blotching paper…………………………………………………………..local workmanship shop

Electronic Timer………………………………………………………..shops/on the web

Mechanical timer……………………………………………………….darkroom prepare. provider/on the web

5 Trays, 2 tongs………………………………………………………..darkroom prepare. provider

Drying rack………………………………………………………………DIY

Scales…………………………………………………………………….eBay/shops

Hot air heater……………………………………………………………bathroom furniture provider

Press………………………………………………………………………DIY/tool shop

Spotting:

Surgical blade (great quality)………………………………………………….framing prepare. provider

Loupe (huge size)………………………………………………………photo prepare. provider

0000 brush (great quality)…………………………………………….art shop

Mounting:

Mount cutter………………………………………………………………framing prepare. provider

As you can not see anything too hard to even consider finding. Assuming you don’t have Photoshop (you needn’t bother with the most recent form obviously, any adaptation will be adequate) there are a few other realistic projects which cost less or are even free. To print, I would say that any advanced ink-fly will be capable. Since Epson printers are extremely diffused we will examine a bend that should chip away at any Epson model with ultrachrome inks (beginning with the financial Epson R 800/1800).