Gum bichromates

Sarah van Keuren

A Non-Silver Manual: Casein printing

The chapter called “Casein printing” of Sarah Van Keuren’s book “A Non-Silver Manual: Cyanotype, Vandyke Brown, Palladium & Gum Bichromate with instructions for making light-resists including pinhole photography”, written by Rosae M. Reeder.

Sarah van Keuren

A Non-Silver Manual: One interpretation of gum printing

The chapter called “One interpretation of gum printing” of Sarah Van Keuren’s book “A Non-Silver Manual: Cyanotype, Vandyke Brown, Palladium & Gum Bichromate with instructions for making light-resists including pinhole photography”, written by Melissa Good.

Sarah van Keuren

A Non-Silver Manual: Gum printing on alternative surfaces

The chapter called “Gum printing on alternative surfaces” of Sarah Van Keuren’s book “A Non-Silver Manual: Cyanotype, Vandyke Brown, Palladium & Gum Bichromate with instructions for making light-resists including pinhole photography”, written by Dana Leight.

Sarah van Keuren

A Non-Silver Manual: Gum bichromate

The chapter called “Gum bichromate” of Sarah Van Keuren’s book “A Non-Silver Manual: Cyanotype, Vandyke Brown, Palladium & Gum Bichromate with instructions for making light-resists including pinhole photography”.

The ferric gum process

Ferric gum process – a radically different variation on gum

The ferric gum process is like gum bichromate in some respects but it is also radically different. Sensitiser is brushed onto the paper, the paper is dried and exposed under a suitable image, and only at this point would pigmented gum be brushed onto the exposed paper.