Svinotype: A Photographic Process Using Easily Available Reagents

Found this interesting article that describes a copper-based photographic process called Svinotype:


The process is based on "the reaction between copper sulfate and ascorbic acid with the addition of a small quantity of alkali."

Here is a video by the inventor demonstrating the process:
The coating technique employed is quite remarkable and probably unique.

Here is a nice Svinotype example that I found on the web:

Apparently Svinotype prints fade in the first 24 hours and then remain stable:

Anyone here has attempted to make Svinotype?

I know the video, looks a good candidate for my Inkjet printer where then to put ascorbic acid in the printer cartridge
Pre coating the paper to make it alkaline, then coat with copper-sulfate and probably while still moist print on the ascorbic acid image.
I think it reacts to UV and Blue light in moist conditions, so probably cover it with plastic wrap during exposure.

I will have to do some tests

Raghu Kuvempunagar said:

The coating technique employed is quite remarkable and probably unique.

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That's pretty eccentric, indeed. Although not unique; I've seen pretty much the same approach being adopted for applying solder mask to a home-made PCB:

Which, frankly I find a rather messy approach, so I always use a rubber roller to apply it. Solder mask that is, not svinotype. I had never heard of that one!

Jan de Jong said:

I know the video, looks a good candidate for my Inkjet printer

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Sounds like a great idea! Will look forward to seeing your results.