“The Dog’s Name Was Jake” anthotype by Christine Acebo
Country: Ashford, Connecticut, USA
Parts used: Root of turmeric; petals of pansy
Amount: 10 thin slices of turmeric root and petals from 12 pansy flowers
Extracted by: Soaking for turmeric; Mortar for pansy
Thinner: Vodka
Application: Brushing
Layers: 3 turmeric then 3 pansy
Substrate: Canson multimedia artboard
Created with: Inkjet printed positive photo on OHP
Exposure: 6 Days, May, summer, 2023
Contrast: ✿✿✿ (High)
Challenges or observations: Dark purple pansy petals are reliable for good contrast prints, though take some time. Turmeric underlayer added a nice soft tone. Multimedia Artboard has texture that created too much “noise:; should use smoother paper.
Website: christineacebo.com
Mix of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) and Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana) anthotype by Christine Acebo
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:
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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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