Chapter 1 History of the Carbon Transfer Process

Figure 1.1 Infrastructure, 16ʺ × 23ʺ single transfer on Arches Aquarelle, © Sandy King 2012

Figure 1.1 Infrastructure, 16ʺ × 23ʺ single transfer on Arches Aquarelle, © Sandy King 2012

Figure 1.2 Bend of the Miño, 16ʺ × 23ʺ single transfer on Arches Aquarelle, © Sandy King 2014

Figure 1.2 Bend of the Miño, 16ʺ × 23ʺ single transfer on Arches Aquarelle, © Sandy King 2014

Monochrome Carbon Transfer

Carbon transfer shares its roots with several other printing processes that are based on the light sensitivity of chromium salts, including gum bichromate, direct carbon processes such as Artigue and Fresson, and photogravure. It has been known since the late eighteenth and early nineteenth ...

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