Making an Albumen Print
using only Paper, Eggs, Sunlight and a Negative
with
Doug Munson at the Chicago Albumen Works
in Housatonic, MA
to Albumen Preparation in the Library
Breaking eggs (3 dozen) for (1350 ml, final amount)
making Albumen Liquid
One egg white yields about 1 ounce of liquid.
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Preparing to Salt the Albumen
2% ammonium chloride
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Frothing the Egg Whites
1 minute on the high setting
..."sure beats a whisk"...
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After frothing, the albumen it needs to be filtered for the remaining solids
The froth has been standing (draining) for 5 hours
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Doug comments on using Photoflo to break bubbles
and produce a more even Coating
"add a little lemon and you'll get a pie"
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To Coating the Paper in the Library
After filtering, the remaining bubbles in the albumen liquid need to be scraped from the surface of the solution
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Coating -- Part 1
Fold into a canoe, the far corner is tipped onto the surface of the Albumen
Two edges will curl. Wait 30-45 seconds for the paper to absorb, swell and uncurl.
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Coating -- Part 2
After it has uncurled, about 60 seconds, use fresh American Clips to pull the sheet from the bath
Coating can be done is as little as 15-20 seconds
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To Sensitization in the library
Preparing for Sensitization
12 % silver nitrate and 5% citric acid in distilled water
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Floating Albumen Coated Paper on the Sensitizing Bath
3 minutes on bath and into the drying box
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