1st Edition
Gum Printing A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice
Preface
1. The History of Gum Printing
Section One. Gum Printing Step-by-Step
2. Setting Up the Gum Dimroom
3. Digital Negatives for Gum
4. Preparing Supplies
5. Making the Gum Print
6. Printing Gum Over Cyanotype
7. Printing Gum Over Platinum
8. Troubleshooting Gum
9. Developing a Creative Practice
Section Two. Artists and Their Creative Practice
10. Contemporary Artists
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Christina Z. Anderson’s work focuses on the cultural and spiritual landscape expressed in 19th century photographic techniques, primarily gum and casein bichromate. Her work has shown nationally and internationally in over 100 shows and 40 publications. She has authored several books, two of which—The Experimental Photography Workbook and Gum Printing and Other Amazing Contact Printing Processes—have sold worldwide in 40 countries. She is co-author with Samuel Wang, S. Carl King, and Zhong Jianming of Handcrafted: The Art and Practice of the Handmade Print, now in its third printing. Anderson is Associate Professor of Photography at Montana State University, Bozeman. To see her work, visit christinaZanderson.com.
