Making my own blueprint
Added 2018-06-08 22:25:50 +0000 UTC
Here is the second video in the series! Let me know what you think and if you see any mistakes.
Let me know if youre a $5 supporter but dont see your name at the end!
Awesome video -Did you ever find a better Azo dye process, or any other color really, reactions where light/stencil is used to make a print?
Chris Stone
2018-08-01 15:37:46 +0000 UTC
hey would be great if you could do a few videos using chromatography, both TLC and some preparative separations of common substances say paracetamol/asirin/caffeine. Would be great to see this with normal and reversed phase to achieve full rectification of components. I come from an analytical chemistry background and find this fascinating. Many thanks, Karl
2018-06-17 14:16:49 +0000 UTC
Thanks Red that info is quite useful.
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2018-06-11 08:49:31 +0000 UTC
Well I have a germicidal lamp at 254 nm for 30 dollars still put away this would be a perfect project.
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2018-06-11 00:32:05 +0000 UTC
Let me guess. Kallitype, with platinum toning.
Silviu T
2018-06-10 22:02:31 +0000 UTC
You could make a nice cyanotyped Nile Red T-Shirt and use it as a random giveaway to your supporters.
Dominik Wondrousch
2018-06-10 18:50:34 +0000 UTC
Awesome!
Michael Aichlmayr
2018-06-10 17:40:56 +0000 UTC
Not aware of the last news on Mars? Methane and C4H4S elements they found? ;o)
Jean Pierre Daviau
2018-06-10 17:18:10 +0000 UTC
ha, no. It was actually part of a magnet strip from ikea though
Nile Red
2018-06-10 15:36:54 +0000 UTC
I would say to use a proper UV lamp. Typical black lights are really weak. Usually because they are coated to block the UV
Nile Red
2018-06-10 15:36:22 +0000 UTC
What's Mars related chem?
Nile Red
2018-06-10 15:35:20 +0000 UTC
Thats a good idea and i never even thought of that!
Nile Red
2018-06-10 15:35:12 +0000 UTC
In the next video, ill show you how to make some much nicer prints :)
Nile Red
2018-06-10 15:34:53 +0000 UTC
This is really (really) cool. I've played with pre-made cyanotype paper, but I've always wanted to make my own. I absolutely will be doing this. Great job! Can't wait for the next video!
Michael Aichlmayr
2018-06-10 01:56:10 +0000 UTC
Maybe you could use a dremel tool with a wire brush to recover more material.
2018-06-09 16:09:21 +0000 UTC
Why not making Mars related chemistry? ;o)
Jean Pierre Daviau
2018-06-09 01:15:21 +0000 UTC
That looks great. Can't wait for future videos about unconventional photochemistry.
Silviu T
2018-06-09 00:16:07 +0000 UTC
You can buy it from certain online stores that cater to artists specializing in alternative photographic techniques. It's a small niche market, and because of that it's not cheap.
Silviu T
2018-06-09 00:13:46 +0000 UTC
What would happen Red Nile if you placed this under a beaker of water with a stir rod and a mini cd on the bottom and set to stir and use a small Dark lamp to give UV to the pigment you may get sirling effects on the prussian blue fingerprint dye on cotton paper, etc? It sounds like something i may do when I get get Iron ammonium citrate.
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2018-06-09 00:09:15 +0000 UTC
lol @ "like a plant material"
2018-06-08 23:12:45 +0000 UTC
Were you using a drawer slide to scrape up the ferric chloride in the last video?
Liz and Ash in Florida. It's very hot! Climate change will kill us all.
2018-06-08 23:00:12 +0000 UTC
<a href="https://www.ebay.ca/itm/NC-0367-Ferric-Ammonium-Citrate-Green-Flakes-100g-Photography-Cyanotype/271254950979?hash=item3f280e1443:g:y-kAAOSw5ZBWPPqg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.ca/itm/NC-0367-Ferric-Ammonium-Citrate-Green-Flakes-100g-Photography-Cyanotype/271254950979?hash=item3f280e1443:g:y-kAAOSw5ZBWPPqg</a>
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2018-06-08 22:59:14 +0000 UTC
Prussian blue is a colliod (liquid, solid and gel) mix. when I boiled prussian blue pigment in copper pippes it turned into a gel. It interesting.
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2018-06-08 22:55:17 +0000 UTC
I should add that its possible to buy it
Nile Red
2018-06-08 22:54:46 +0000 UTC
<a href="https://www.ebay.ca/itm/NC-13653-Cyanotype-Kit-100g-Potassium-Ferricyanide-Ferric-Ammonium-Citrate/272015682622?hash=item3f5565ec3e:g:HV4AAOSwl9BWHYIT" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.ca/itm/NC-13653-Cyanotype-Kit-100g-Potassium-Ferricyanide-Ferric-Ammonium-Citrate/272015682622?hash=item3f5565ec3e:g:HV4AAOSwl9BWHYIT</a>
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2018-06-08 22:53:28 +0000 UTC
Nice!! If I was to do this I would by the Ammonium iron citrate on e-bay or prolab.
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2018-06-08 22:51:13 +0000 UTC
Another nice artistic way to work with the color blue is using cobalt oxyde in ceramic glazes. <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dutch_delft_tile_topsham.JPG/602px-Dutch_delft_tile_topsham.JPG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dutch_delft_tile_topsham.JPG/602px-Dutch_delft_tile_topsham.JPG</a>
2018-06-08 22:46:19 +0000 UTC