Properties & Qualities
Application
Product
Qualities
Polished Rigid Shiny
Colour
Brown and black
Sample Information
Date of creation
-
Process & Production
1)Collodion (a viscous fluid obtained by dissolving cellulose nitrate with alcohol and ether) is poured onto a glass plate.
2) The plate is immersed in a silver nitrate bath.
3) After exposure, the plate was developed using ferrous ammonium sulphate.
4) the plate was placed in water, fixed with sodium thiosulphate
5) A coating (shellac and sandarac dissolved in alcohol with lavender oil) was applied to protect the emulsion.
-a based on information from http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=283
Credits
Craft Maker
Élia Roldão
Library Contributor
VICARTE, NOVA
Photographer
Sofia Moreira Pires