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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    I would like to study a bit about platinum and alternative printmaking processes this year, does anyone know any good reference/guide books for techniques?

    thanks

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    Richard Farber's Historic Photographic Processes has been a pretty good reference for me. A more complete/advanced guide is Christopher James' The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes. But for Pt/Pd, try Dick Arentz' Platinum and Palladium Printing. Good luck.

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    Hi Adrian...You may find this website interesting... http://www.mikeware.demon.co.uk/ I have read other sights that contain detailed instructions, but they seem to have disappeared into cyberland... -Dave

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    Bostick & Sullivan have a site, and there is a very good book which is out of print but you should be able to find in a library, Keepers of Light, and John Riley's book Albumen and Salted Paper book. Pat

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    Sarah Van Keuren's "Non-Silver Manual" is excellent. See description at http://www.pinholeresource.com/books.html#A Non-Silver Manual

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    There are many used copies of Keepers of Light listed on bookfinder.com; it's my favorite general resource on alternative processes. I also agree with the recommendation for Farber's Historic Photographic Processes. My area of expertise is gum bichromate; if you're interested in gum you should see, in addition to the above, David Scopick's gum bichromate book. These books all deal in general principles that can be counted on and adapted to a wide variety of circumstances and aesthetic preferences. There are also several gum printing manuals and other sources that teach one individual's particular prejudices, practices, and preferences; I find these useful only in the aggregate, to show the flexibility and diversity that gum allows, but using any one of them alone as a guide could give you an unnecessarily narrow idea of what is possible with gum.

    I haven't seen Sarah Van Keuren's book; it's been on my list to acqure for my library, but knowing Sarah I expect it is excellent, as described.

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    Greetings,

    There are some good sources on the WEB. I lost the URL to the best one I came across, but here's another one: http://e.neilsen.home.att.net/articleplat.htm#Platinum%20Palladium% 20Printing

    Another source for all types of alternative processes is William Crawford's, The Keepers of Light. Unfortunately the book is out of print, but is available on the used market. Good Luck!

    Regards,

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    Particpants in the alt.photo.process group raved about a new book by Christopher James called "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes." I haven't read it but based on everything I've read about it by people in that group who have lots of alt process experience, that's the book I'd buy. I have and have used "The Keepers of Light" and it was an excellent book in its day because there was nothing else like it around but it isn't the book I'd buy today.
    Brian Ellis
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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    I've read the James book and would still recommend Keepers of Light and Scopick as better sources even now for reliable, generalizable information about gum printing. FWIW I am also an active participant on the alt- photo-process list.

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    Guidebooks for alternative printmaking

    Coming into Focus.....best I have read so far, more up to date than the keepers of light. An additional book of course would be the New platimum print by Sullivan and Weese (sp?).

    Get these two books and you are set to do all the alternative printing you want, of course the Arentz and Farber books are also excellent.

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