The Platinum Print Room

When 31 studio was established by paul caffell it was the first specialist platinum print workshop to be set up in the united kingdom.

The platinum print room.

The second edition printing of the first bible ever translated from the original biblical languages of hebrew and greek and printed in the english language. Paul recovered a photographic process that had been hugely important at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Platinum tones range from warm black to reddish brown to expanded mid tone grays that are unobtainable in silver prints. Unlike the silver print process platinum lies on the paper surface while silver lies in a gelatin or albumen emulsion that coats the paper.

Individual leaves from a 1549 matthews bible start at 295 in our ancient rare bible leaves section. The 1537 first edition is much more costly and is featured in our platinum room. Platinum prints also called platinotypes are photographic prints made by a monochrome printing process involving platinum. George eastman house.

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The platinum printroom we are specialist printers of platinum and platinum palladium prints. One of the most distinctive qualities of a platinum print is that the image is in the paper not on its surface much like the ink in a lithograph or an etching. Home about us history exhibitions 2020 exhibitions 2019 exhibitions 2018 exhibitions 2016 exhibitions 2015 exhibitions 2014 older magazine articles films publications collections contact us links. William willis had patented a viable platinum process in 1873.

As with most historical photographic processes a platinum print is made by placing the negative and emulsion coated paper in direct contact. I estimate that exposing an 8 10 negative and printing on 11 14 paper runs about 12 13. Collections that contain some of our prints. Home about us history exhibitions 2020 exhibitions 2019 exhibitions 2018 exhibitions 2016 exhibitions 2015 exhibitions 2014 older magazine articles films publications collections contact us links.

Second there is no silver bullet for learning the process. Platinum platinum palladium printing. A 25ml bottle of platinum solution runs about 200. Compared to inkjet or even traditional darkroom prints a platinum print is relatively expensive.

The process has an extended tonal range and deeper blacks compared to other photographic prints.