The Carbon printprocess

- A contribution from Andrew Glover

Still waiting for a practioneer to contribute with a recipe, but in the meantime, here is a couple of tips:

Reader's comments on the processes

After I make a new emulsion for a series of prints I have a book that I use for my recipes. This book has the ingredients listed and above them is a smear that I made when I dipped my finger in the gelatine solution and spread over the paper. This allows you to see(when dried) how 'dark' the shadow tone will be in comparison to the highlights etc . When picking a colour for a print the smear will be an easy to use guide to what you may expect from a print.

Any extra emulsion leftover can be saved in a tupperware tub and frozen for later use (if you don't plan to print for a while). When you remelt the gelatine be sure not to loose any of the ice crystals in the tub as they are part of the solution and if you throw them out the emulsion will be different in contrast from the time you froze it. Also be careful not to use ice cream tubs as containers, your girlfriend will complain about the horrible tasting ice cream in your freezer and you'll have to look at a chocolate coloured mouth all night.

- Andrew Glover