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Solarization/Chromoskedasic. Leading Scientists: Dominic Man-Kit Lam William Jolly Alan Bean.
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Solarization/Chromoskedasic Leading Scientists: Dominic Man-Kit Lam William Jolly Alan Bean
In Chromoskedasic Printing the silver particles are carefully managed with different chemicals and/or exposure to light, to become different sizes. These different sized silver particles in turn scatter light in different ways to produce the different colors; this is known as the Mie Effect. The chemicals used to do this are an acetate buffered thiocyanate “stabilizer” and a dilute potassium hydroxide “activator.” The colors only appear where there is white in the print, thus a high contrast print or one that has appreciable areas of white will be the best for this.
Procedure • Find a print that you can make pure black and white if you don’t already have a very high contrast image. • Make test strips in squares • Place in developer for full amount of time • Once from developer dip in water for 30 secs • Pull out and bring to table with stabilizer and activator • Put a thin coat of stabilizer over your print/test strip. • Wait until image starts turning colors.(1-2 min) • Then place activator on print in white areas to paint on. • Watch for another 1-2 min. • Take tray and place in water for 10sec then fixer for 6 min • Rewash for 4 min