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Turmeric, common (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Nicola Batista Loss Medeiros

“Hope: The Queen of Feelings” by Nícola Batista Loss Medeiros
Country: Brazil
Parts used: Root
Application: Immersion
Exposure time: 4 hours (interrupted)
Months, season and year: July, winter, 2022
Substrate: Mixed-media natural white paper, silky surface, 200g/m²
Contrast of final print: * (Low)

Turmeric, common (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Nicola Batista Loss MedeirosTurmeric for making anthotype emulsionAmount: half bottle cap per layer
Extracted using: Soaking of root powder
Thinner: Alcohol
Layers: 1
Used to create image: Positive on OHP paper (inkjet print)

Challenges or observations:
The yellow colour symbolizes “hope” and, by coincidence, the root of curcuma is the fastest emulsion that I know. It makes this cheerful colour. This pigment has become my main photosensitizer. This discovery occurred during my art classes in Brazilian public education, when a student had forgotten to make his anthotype print and did it a few hours before we started my class. With sincerity, the student revealed to me that he had done it, and I was surprised by the speed of printing.

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This anthotype is part of World Anthotype Day

World Anthotype Day was started by AlternativePhotography.com in 2022. In August anthotype artists all over the world celebrate the anthotype process and send in their entries. We add them here to the database and create a reference book for each year. The purpose of the day is to build a large resource where artist can learn which pigmenets and plants that work and draw inspiration from other artists' work. The reference books can be found here:

Volume 1 is the first book in the series:
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022
Volume 1 contains 60 unique anthotype emulsions from 103 artists taking part from 31 countries.
 

Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022


Volume 2 is the second book:
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 2 – The collective research from photogaphers on World Anthotype Day 2023
Volume 2 contains 100 unique anthotype emulsions from 139 artists taking part from 31 countries.
 

Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 2 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2023


 
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