[54/365] The Mordancage process.

Mordancage is kind of hard to explain. Essentially, it takes your b&w image and allows you to manipulate or remove the purest black areas. You can also create these lovely 'veils' of black but again, hard to explain. Once I have a successful image, I will scan it in and show you what I mean! =)

 

Edit: Ah, I should probably explain what's going on, lol.

1) I placed my print (after it's been soaking in water for a bit) in the mordancage chemicals. It's essential an acid that will bleach your print.

2) The image after it's been bleached for 3 minutes. I left it in for an extra three minutes after this shot.

3) Then I placed it developer so that the grays and other tones will come back. The blacks should be visible and able to be lifted off the print.

 

You can either completely remove the black or you can move it around. It creates really cool effects.

Done