Surrogate Orotone on 32” x 38” dry plate in Dallas TX

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Recently I coated very large 32” x 38” dry plates for D Anson Brody, who is using them for an Orotone restoration / replacement project at the Hall of State in Dallas, Texas. This has received some publicity down there. D describes the project in this short press release:


Very excited to have plated a small part. Hats off to D Anson!
 

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That was extremely interesting. It’s great to see that kind of traditional photography in action. Congratulations to ALL who were involved!
 

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Wonderful!!!

I am not sure that my nerves could stand up to that, but I am glad that there are folks out there who have nerves steelier than I!
 
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fgorga said:
Wonderful!!!

I am not sure that my nerves could stand up to that, but I am glad that there are folks out there who have nerves steelier than I!
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The pucker factor was high. In talking to D Anson after he processed the one in the video, it became apparent we both had a learning curve to climb in handling these large plates. As it was, I had to strip a couple plates down and recoat them. Took two people - me and my head coater - to coat each one. They all ended up really nice in the end tho. D Anson was happy.
 

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Awesome... thankyou, ... was not aware of what a Orotone image was, or the process of creating one.
So a question, looks like it could be quite a creative challenge, but could be started with one of your plates and then toned?
 
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Peter,

He *is* starting with my plates.

peter k. said:
Awesome... thankyou, ... was not aware of what a Orotone image was, or the process of creating one.
So a question, looks like it could be quite a creative challenge, but could be started with one of your plates and then toned?
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peter k. said:
Awesome... thankyou, ... was not aware of what a Orotone image was, or the process of creating one.
So a question, looks like it could be quite a creative challenge, but could be started with one of your plates and then toned?
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Hi Peter
The orotone process is a lost art ( if you have the Christopher James tome he explains how to make them ). You need banana oil and gold leaf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orotone
 
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