Anthotyping

[Finn lyle]

So I came across this process in some anecdotes recently, and was thinking of doing a project where the final prints would be anthotypes. I have not been able to find much technical information, if any, on how to make them. To the best of my understanding it involves some extract of pigmented plant tissues or an emulsion of some sort-- which implies to me that it would be applied to the surface of the paper. Does anyone have any resources for which plants to use and how to extract the pigment/coat paper? Really anything at all would be appreciated! Thanks

 

[TheMissingLink]

Perhaps it helps:

https://web.archive.org/web/2013031...thotypes/anthotypes-making-print-using-plants

 

[koraks]

It's quite simple really. Take any plant stuff/vegetable, throw into a blender, filter the fluid (discard solids) a d coat onto paper. Expose in a contact frame; exposure times are a couple of days up to a couple of weeks or even months. I've had good succes with beetroot in particular.
The prints won't last so you will have to scan them to preserve them. Afaik there's no way to actually fix them chemically.

 

[juan]

Rosemary is reputed to work week, too.

 

[Daniela]

I have used this website for reference: https://www.alternativephotography.com/anthotype-process/

The results can be unexpected and, as mentioned above, you can't fix the images but you can slow their dissapearance by keeping them away from light, such as inside a book.