Green Hacks: How to make Anthotypes - Edd Carr, Northern Sustainable Darkroom
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Learn how to make Anthotypes with Edd Carr from Northern Sustainable Darkroom.
tpg.org.uk/green-hacks
Founded by Hannah Fletcher, the Sustainable Darkroom is a worldwide artist-led movement led in conjunction with Edd Carr and Alice Cazenave. Its central aim is to transform our approach to photographic materials, and their historically unsustainable nature. From toxic chemicals, to silver particles and beyond - photography and eco-friendly seem at hopeless odds. But the Sustainable Darkroom provide education, research, and arts opportunities to promote and develop sustainable alternatives to analogue photography.
Green Hacks is a series of artist-made how-to videos unpacking practical tips to educate, inform and inspire their community. From non-toxic analogue development techniques, to DIY lens upcycling, to lengthening camera lifespans through alternative software, each short video offers a creative but concrete step, demonstrating how to produce/show/think about and make art in more sustainable ways. Small actions with significant impacts.
Commissioned and released by The Photographers’ Gallery in collaboration with Tabakalera, Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain.
tpg.org.uk/green-hacks
Had a go with cyanotypes an anthotypes this last weekend. Loved it.
Hey! I'm the guy in the video. If you have any further questions please contact me via Instagram or my website as I don't check these comments regularly.
The anthotype provess is very cool. I've used it to produce paper and glass negatives (if you use pure alcohol, ypu can coat a glass plate if you put a layet of egg albumin or collodian on itblike youd do to prep a photographic wet plate. Preserving a positivd image is best served by digitally photographing the results.
This is awesome! Thank you for this!
Great video! Thanks!
Great Demo!
have you ever exposed these in a UV light box? would the exposure times be too long?
splendid
Will definitely be giving this a go as I've been doing cyanotypes for the last 6 months or so.
Why are water and alcohol interchangeable in the process? Does using alcohol just speed up the drying?
Alcohol is considered to bring out stronger pigments in the process, typically for wild plants.
Interesting. BTW do you know of any non-toxic B&W chemicals available in the UK?
You can make your own following the caffenol recipe book.
Would it in any way speed up the development time to put the prints in a UV light box? Or does it work with sunlight only?
yea he said he used a uv light box in an interview!
No, anthotypes do not work in UV. Sun only as it is a bleaching process.
How can i Fix it?
You can't unfortunately. Keep them in the dark to preserve :)
Ok, this is two years old, but maybe I am lucky and get an answer 😅 I am an Artist from Germany and in the moment incorporate cyanotype processes into my art. Now I just saw this video, never heard of this and find it amazing. It could give my art pieces another layer… or color… and I will definitely give it a try. But now to my question: since this process works with UV light bleaching the chlorophyll (I would assume it has something to do with oxygen getting released), those pictures should not be very stable and would bleach away after a short while, when being exposed to (sun)light. Is there any way to stabilise them and make them uv resistant? And is there any problem with the organic matter becoming moldy and growing some pretty fungi?
In any way, I thank you for your great video and will now dive into your other videos. Chris
Hi @_eddcarr_ are you able to help out with this question? : )