How the Peony Print was made - Darkroom Records

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Fibre Based Paper Test
The first thing I do when using fibre based papers is try to use the paper upside down, so if you get a result that looks like this:

-You know why! So cut another sample and expose for 50 seconds which will give a good indication of whether the transformation will be a straight one:

The test seemed good to me so I repeated the procedure with the art paper to produce the final print. Note the mark above the test print, this is cross contamination of the chemicals which comes off the tongues. Keep them separate, keep them clean.

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