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guy,in,a,hat May 15, 2024

Trying this #chiba process. It's like a blend between #cyanotype and #CarbonTransfer. I'm very skeptical about it working the way I made it. The guy online suggested Hyde glue. I went with #gelatine hardened with #gluteraldehyde. I had to add pigment twice because the first try was very thin and runny. I am using the green #ammoniumferricoxalate as the sensitizer. Usually had used #citrate. I haven't been successful in any of my carbon transfer experiments at all so what the heck.

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guy,in,a,hat Apr 29, 2024

So the result from this try was mixed. I seem to have failed at coating the #citrate sensitizer. I also may have burnt off the bright areas maybe because there were places where the image was really nice up to some sort of really sharp edge, then just sort of stopped working past that edge. Finally, I sacrificed the resulting image to the toning gods and dunked it into a tea I made using pinecones. Nothing happened! Except for a ton of bubbles under the sizing. So lots of learning.

guy,in,a,hat Apr 28, 2024

Trying #CarbonTransfer again. Last time I had #citrate in the #emulsion and #exposure was 20 minutes. The #photo sort of melted in the wash. So I think I didn't have enough #exposure. This time I'm going to go for 30 minutes. The worst that can happen is I get my first carbon print and it's too dark. I now know that the photo details are supposed to be relatively resilient, they shouldn't just melt away. And maybe the #projector idea is not a workable one? Maybe not, but I could give up.

Poujol 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗍 ✅Apr 24, 2024

#Santé : la consommation de certains #additifs alimentaires émulsifiants serait associée à un #risque accru de diabète de type 2, selon une étude

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/sante-la-consommation-de-certains-additifs-alimentaires-emulsifiants-serait-associee-a-un-risque-accru-de-diabete-de-type-2-selon-une-etude_6504284.html

> Les #émulsifiants sont dans le viseur de chercheurs pour leurs liens avec le développement du #diabète. C'est le résultat d’une nouvelle #étude publiée, mercredi. […] #carraghénanes, #phosphate tripotassique, gomme #guar, #citrate de sodium, des noms parfois remplacés par leur sigle #E407, #E340, #E412 ou #E331.

Santé : la consommation de certains additifs alimentaires émulsifiants serait associée à un risque accru de di

Les émulsifiants sont dans le viseur de chercheurs pour leurs liens avec le développement du diabète. C'est le résultat d’une nouvelle étude publiée, mercredi.

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guy,in,a,hat Apr 21, 2024

Attempting #carbontransfer again and it looks like #mold has taken over the #citrate #emulsion on my #acetate sheet. From here, I could just learn to grow #mushrooms or figure out a better way. So the sheet I left in open air dried up while the sheet I covered inside a plastic Tupperware ended up growing mold. I keep all my lenses in this same room. Looks like mold is going to win.

guy,in,a,hat Apr 12, 2024

Well, the #carbontransfer is happening as we speak. I have my experiment #gluteraldehyde #sized paper and surface #citrate #sensitized and #UVexposed #carbontissue face to face under some weights. Neither dissolved in the process. However I didn't see a relief image after a couple minutes in the 3% #peroxide bath. So I think I'm in for another failed print. But it was fun so far. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Even if I just get a total black tissue transfered, that would be a win for me.

guy,in,a,hat Mar 24, 2024

Looks like I just found a good #cyanotype combination of #formula and #process that may give me good results. It's the chiba process add the #citrate, dry then, add the #cyano. Here's a test sample that I cut in half so I could develop half of it.

guy,in,a,hat Mar 22, 2024

And here we go one more time, one more adjustment to my process for rapid #cyanotype. This time I rubbed the #citrate in and cleaned it off with a paper towel. it's exposing a 9.5"x9.5"

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guy,in,a,hat Mar 21, 2024

It looks like I went overboard with the citric acid in the citrate layer. #Citricacid feels almost like sugar when being applied. It's tacky and maybe I needed to let it try for a few hours rather than jump right into it. When applying the citrate, the cyanide layer seem to melt and mix. I think I'm going to experiment with a layer of #citrate and Jell-O mix. So first layer with cyanide, wait for complete dry, then second with #citrate #glop mix.