Anthotype
Sign in to savethumb|Rhododendron leaf and ivy leaf on photo paper for printers, sensitized with beetroot juice 10x15 cm thumb|Maple leaf, anthotype with sour cherry juice, 2 h exposure time at high noon in summer time thumb|Yenidze, Dresden, transparent photo placed at the paper with turmeric, 4h exposure, anthotype with alcoholic solution of turmericin isopropanol thumb|Yenidze, Dresden, the same anthotype with alcoholic solution of turmeric in isopropanol and later development with baking soda An anthotype (from Greek άνθος anthos "flower" and τύπος týpos "imprint", also called Nature Printing) is an imag
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- History
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- World Anthotype Day
- References
- Literature
- External links
thumb|Rhododendron leaf and ivy leaf on photo paper for printers, sensitized with beetroot juice 10x15 cm thumb|Maple leaf, anthotype with sour cherry juice, 2 h exposure time at high noon in summer time thumb|Yenidze, Dresden, transparent photo placed at the paper with turmeric, 4h exposure, anthotype with alcoholic solution of turmericin isopropanol thumb|Yenidze, Dresden, the same anthotype with alcoholic solution of turmeric in isopropanol and later development with baking soda An anthotype (from Greek άνθος anthos "flower" and τύπος týpos "imprint", also called Nature Printing) is an image created using photosensitive material from plants under the influence of light (e.g. UV light, rays of sun).
An emulsion is made from crushed flower petals or any other light-sensitive plant, fruit or vegetable.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthotype” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.