Properties & Qualities
Application
Product
Qualities
2D Opaque
Colour
Brown and beige
Sample Information
Date of creation
-
Process & Production
1) Beat chloride (sodium or ammonium chloride) with egg white until frothy.
2) after settling, it was strained and left to ferment
3) the paper was floated in the albumen and dried.
4) the coated paper was floated in a solution of silver nitrate
5) after drying, the paper was printed under contact with sunlight
6) the print was washed, could be toned (in a solution of gold chloride), fixed with sodium thiosulphate and washed.
-a based on information from http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=143
Credits
Craft Maker
Élia Roldão
Library Contributor
VICARTE, NOVA
Photographer
Sofia Moreira Pires