Kallitype Fine Art Prints - Step-by-Step Guidebook by Tim Layton

Kallitype is a contact printing method similar to platinum/palladium but for a fraction of the cost. You get a lot more creative freedom to create unique and expressive artwork.

You start by selecting your fine art paper of choice, hand-coating ferric oxalate and silver nitrate as your light-sensitive sensitizer, and then exposing your negative with UV light in direct contact with your fine art paper to make your fine art kallitype print.

Instead of using very expensive platinum or palladium in the sensitizer, we use silver nitrate and ferric oxalate. Traditional platinum/palladium prints require ferric oxalate and platinum and/or palladium directly in the sensitizer.

By toning with precious metals (i.e., platinum, palladium, gold) at a much lower dilution, we can achieve new colors that are impossible with platinum/palladium and get the same archival benefits without the big expenses.

You will learn below, there are many other similarities between kallitypes and platinum and palladium prints that I think you will be excited about.

WHY SHOULD YOU BOTHER LEARNING HOW TO MAKE KALLITYPE PRINTS?

I will share a quote from Sandy King, “a kallitype print toned with palladium or platinum is in every way an exact equivalent, visually and in terms of image permanence, of a platinum/palladium print.” And to boot, you can make a kallitype for a fraction of the cost of platinum/palladium prints. The cost of ferric oxalate and silver nitrate is a fraction of the cost of platinum and palladium. The way that I teach you how to tone your prints with platinum, palladium, or gold is extremely economical and highly cost-effective and makes your kallitypes highly archival fine art prints that will last for as long as platinum and palladium prints.

WHAT IS COVERED IN THE BOOK

Like in all my guidebooks, I take a no-nonsense approach and walk you through the process of creating kallitype prints step by step.

I don’t feel any need to include a bunch of “fluff” to make a book publisher happy, and based on my real-world, hands-on experience, I streamline the step-by-step process for you so that you can master the process quickly.

In this new guidebook, I walk you through making beautiful contemporary kallitype K II prints using real large format film negatives and silver gelatin paper negatives.

If you want to use other types of negatives, you can do that and use my documented workflow to help you do that.

I share every detail you need to expose, develop, and use Ilford FP4 film and Ilford Warmtone Semi-Matte fiber paper. I do all the time-consuming and extensive tests so you can get busy making your prints immediately.

I create clear step-by-step instructions on mixing and creating the chemistry for every step to consistently make beautiful kallitype prints that equal or rival platinum/palladium prints.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
SAFETY & DISCLAIMER
1 – TOOLS & SUPPLIES
2 – CHEMISTRY BACKGROUND
3 – UV LIGHT & EXPOSURE OPTIONS
4 – QUICKSTART GUIDE
4 – LARGE FORMAT FILM NEGATIVES FOR KALLITYPES
5 – PAPER NEGATIVES FOR KALLITYPES
7 – MIXING CHEMISTRY FOR PROCESSING KALLITYPES
8 – STEP-BY-STEP KALLITYPE WORKFLOW
9 – TROUBLESHOOTING
10 – EXPERIMENTS & EXPLORING NEW OPTIONS
11 – SUMMARY & NEXT STEPS

SPECIAL NOTE

I am writing the book now and expect it to be published in the next 60 days.

You can purchase the book now and get an instant notification and access when available.

The guidebook is published in a PDF format, so you can take immediate delivery electronically and view it on any computing device that allows you to view PDF documents or print them on your local printer at home.

When you purchase the book, an original copy is stored in your library, so you never have to worry about losing it. Make sure you setup a gumroad account when checking out so your library will be created for you automatically.

If you have any questions, contact me directly at https://timlaytonfineart.com/contact/

Thank you,

Tim Layton