More-dancage!

WARNING:

Josh and I discovered that proper ventilation is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL to this process. We both got what was probably Metal Fume Fever because we moved from the ventilated darkroom to the washroom and inhaled caustic fumes... don't do this. It's terrible and scary. However, working 2 times with the exhaust fan prior, we were fine. Use proper ventilation if you use this technique. I can not stress this enough.

But that said - here are some of the images I made.

Solo Mordancage Attempt

After having done a good deal of research I launched into the Mordancage process for my first solo effort. A little over a year ago, I first learned about the process from fellow artist, Marcy Werner. On this occasion she had done the research and the mixing of chemicals and I had simply reaped the benefit of her pioneering work, but yesterday I successfully replicated the process, albeit with results quite different from the first attempt.

I was able to pay Marcy's kindness forward by exploring the Mordancage process with a new friend; talented Photographer, Josh Fiedler, who was kind enough to play buddy system with me while I measured and mixed caustic chemicals in metrics. Here are some of the results:

Since this is just my first attempt, I will abstain from posting my methods, but I have documented the process with video, so that future Mordancage-curious photographers can try this experiment safely. There are certainly dangerous aspects to this process, and as the mothering type, I want to frame this information in a way that emphasizes planning and caution. Video to come!