Hi Paul, I was wondering where you got the term 'Kitchen Photography'? Is it something you came up with yourself?
@paulbishop9896
2 ай бұрын
lol, yeah. I figured it explained simply that it's a process you don't need a lot of equipment or specialized chemistry or tolerances.. pretty much the way I do most things..
@VC_27
3 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial! Thank you.
@rawjoice3897
5 ай бұрын
Is that inkjet paper or can it be even photocopy paper?
@mathangi4
8 ай бұрын
Would you recommend any other options for borax?
@fionamcintyre4422
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for a great video. Most inspiring technique and well demonstrated.
@LooseChangeImpact
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I was waiting for the end result and your video ended abruptly. Do you have a pic of the finished product? Thanks 🇨🇦
@_pretty_bird_budgie_cherni6171
2 жыл бұрын
Will the borax work for berries and other plants as well?
@anthonymaggi3310
2 жыл бұрын
This was a very good instructional video. Straightforward with no superfluous information. I've been working on wet cyanotype and cyanolumens but this is right up my alley and I will try it. Thank you!
@gtechninja
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you paul. I want your help, there is no way to order PCB from china or another country in the place where I live "Africa, Ethiopia". so I decided to make a PCB as you did. I got a 4.5-watt laser in the local shop. and the thing I want to know is, 1st how efficient is a 2.5-watt laser for engraving PCB so that I can compare it with a 4.5-watt laser. 2nd can I use any spray paint and what file should I have to generate to send the file to a local laser engraving shop untill I made one?. tnx for your help.
@michelgosseli8768
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know this could be done with turmeric! Will try it soon.
@2techshop
2 жыл бұрын
Very nice video!
@mjrewerts
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! I can’t wait to try it! 👍🏼
@jos5267
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for video, Paul. Yes please do make more, you have simplified process beautifully. I love the results. I think I might get me a uv light as I think the sun here in oz too intense. I have seen others wax image to preserve image. I was wondering while watching, I have some very old glass photograpic plates from my grandfather. Do you think this process would destroy the images? I have no idea what to do with them but wouldn't want to ruin.
@namirahkhan5192
2 жыл бұрын
It is nice
@victoriastewart-meyers
3 жыл бұрын
The transparency is a positive or negative?
@hannahm.3606
3 жыл бұрын
Can liquids containing boric acid be used instead of borax? Like detergent or contact lens solution?
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
What you're looking for is what chemically is known as a reducer what you might get some success with is ammonia or dishwasher detergent powder
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
I've tried a number of different things and I'm planning to do a video showing the different effects of using various chemicals the only one I will say to avoid is bleach because of course it bleaches
@helenkeen3476
3 жыл бұрын
WHAT WAS THE MEASUREMENT PLEASE PAUL FOR THE BORAX TO WATER RATIO -THANKS
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I just mix in a teaspoon or so into a glass of warm water, basically saturating the solution. You just don't want undissolved borax crystals in the water.
@helenkeen3476
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbishop9896 thank you for that... will give it a try..:)
@elizabethclark4892
3 жыл бұрын
can i decoupage with this ? Will glue make the image disappear?
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
I would think it would work well, the glue will likely protect the image. Let me know if you try it!
@patschwab4083
3 жыл бұрын
How do you make the 8 x 10 transparency and what did you print it on?
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Normal inkjet printer. You can buy transparency sheets specifically for use with inkjet printers at most office supply stores and whatnot. They have a "roughened" side designed to hold the ink; alternatively if you use a laser printer, they make transparency sheets for those also. If you can, bump up the contrast on the photo. It's certainly not an exact science, but for me part of the fun of it is the random factor.
@patschwab4083
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbishop9896 Thanks, I enjoyed your video.
@patschwab4083
3 жыл бұрын
Would this work on fabric?
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
I tried it with some cotton fabric and it did work.. however you're going to want something with a high thread count, otherwise you're going to lose a lot of detail. Also, not sure how colorfast it might be on something like clothing, I suspect a washing or two might fade it fast (as well as if were used as clothes, outdoor UV sunlight exposure I'm sure would degrade it rather fast.) The way I look at it, the process is so cheap and simple, give it a try. If you do, let me know how it works.... I'm planning on doing another video on this process soon, it's just that the weather has been nice and the fish have been biting :)
@patschwab4083
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbishop9896 Thanks Paul. Enjoy your fishing.
@reeractivist7561
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone ever watch paint dry? Thanks Paul
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Erm, anyone ever watch indian food go stale? I would expect Tumeric flavored rice respond the same way and work as a "print" surface.. lol
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this video has been viewed almost 11K times. Actually thinking about making another video of the process, been hankering to do it again, for some reason it's a project I associate with Springtime. Like once it's nice enough to spend an hour or so outside, here in the Northern Midwest. I've done it a few times since I did this video, and I actually still am on the original $3 spice rack bottle of Tumeric.
@govindan
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, please.
@jennylynottthomas1134
26 күн бұрын
Do it 😆🎉
@katgillang
3 жыл бұрын
makes for a very pretty yellow food processor LoL
@xenio8736
3 жыл бұрын
What minimum laser power would you recommend ? I'm planning on buying a small chinese CNC router that does the job, and there are variants with differents laser power, ranging from 1000mW to 15W. Obviously the higher the power, the higher the price. Thanks for the video anyway
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Mine is just a 2.5W cheap chinese laser module, and for this kind of thing works well. Since it's only burning paint, pretty low power should work, I would suspect the process would be fine with even a 500mW laser, though it might have to be done slower
@CaponPaolaArt
3 жыл бұрын
Can de borax also fix the photographic paper?
@kevinmonceaux2101
3 жыл бұрын
Why does KZitem keep trying to find more hobbies for me than I could possibly have time for? :-) I think I'm going to have to give this a try. I dabbled with black and white film/print development a few decades ago, and enjoyed the process. I love sepia toned prints, but never got around to trying that with photographic paper. I love browns in general. I usually keep sepia or similarly colored ink in my daily use fountain pen. I have Diamine Ancient Copper in it at the moment. I like that there are no harsh chemicals involved in this process. I already have everything I need in stock, except for some transparency film and/or a UV light. I think I might have an old florescent black light around somewhere.
@marcogiai-coletti354
3 жыл бұрын
That's the best alternative process I've seen, no dichromates or nitrates. Very cool, thanks. I'm going to try it out in a pinhole camera too.
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Did it work?
@marcogiai-coletti354
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbishop9896 unfortunately not. I might have run out of patience or the UV light needed doesn't reflect enough like normal light.
@_H_2023
3 жыл бұрын
wow impressive.
@dr.sitaratanveer3760
3 жыл бұрын
Very few explained. Thanks
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@androbolaareospace9602
3 жыл бұрын
Can i use somthing else,and not borax?
@rohitjain6616
3 жыл бұрын
Can I use this paper in a pinhole camera ? Please reply.
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
I would think so, but the exposure time might be REALLY long, maybe too long to be practical. If you give it a try, I'd be interested to know how it goes!
@rohitjain6616
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbishop9896 so I have placed a normal paper coated with turmeric and sanitizer in a tin can. The pin hole is made from sewing needle. And I have placed another paper beside camera and a worden cube on it(just like u did with eagle photo) and I also placed third paper in a black file so I can compare 3 papers . But today is not a very sunny day. It's been bit cloudy since sena year. But due to excitement I tried it today. I don't know what the camera will capture but the camera is facing some houses near and a cellphone tower which is very far. The cylindrical tin can camera is 4 inch long and circumference is 2 inch.
@rohitjain6616
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbishop9896 well, it didn't worked out. The whole paper became orange except some lines.
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
@@rohitjain6616 Also, I think water will also draw out the dye, but less so than alcohol. Using Tumeric as a dye for cloth (I think it was used in India for that brilliant yellow, I think I read..) and in fabric dying they do it with water and add something (phosphate?) that "fixes" the dye at the time, making it not sensitive to UV. I just used alcohol because it did such a great job and the paper dried easily. I would think it would work with just water also, just longer to dry the paper. I love the process because it's so inexpensive that you can play around and see what happens. I mean Tumeric is cheap, as is paper, and so is Borax. Since we are all kind of hunkering down due to Covid, it's an interesting project to mess around with, and it only costs a couple of cents at worst, worth of a kitchen spice and a laundry cleaner.. it's safe, and at the worst.. it stains the heck out of anything. My wife always knows when I've been at it again, my fingers turn yellow even if I wear the cheap food prep gloves... lol
@marcellesprong6508
Ай бұрын
@@rohitjain6616
@abnilsonmarcolino
3 жыл бұрын
Experimento legal. Gostei mais do exposto ao led.
@frankligas2249
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Have never heard of this process. Will give it a go.
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Did it work?
@natural09100
3 жыл бұрын
Might try spraying the borax solution for a different effect 😉
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Let me know how it turns out! Also, if you make a batch of paper, as long as it is kept in a cool dark place, it will keep until you need it. I found a piece over a year old I had stuck in a book, and yep.. still works, maybe a little more exposure time was needed. Glad you enjoyed!
@natural09100
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulbishop9896 I just read that you like to try new things...have you tried jewellery making ... cutting , soldering and hammering metal/copper is very addictive and not too expensive...!!!...
@natural09100
3 жыл бұрын
Cool Beautiful colour thank you for sharing 😊
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
@hollytomasdesign
3 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating - I'm just at the stage of collecting anthotype videos, and this is SO inspiring! Question: When I search on Amazon for Borax, it's coming up with 'Borax Substitute, like this one. www.amazon.co.uk/Dripak-Borax-substitute-500g-packaging/dp/B0027ICKCY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=20+mule+team+laundry+borax&qid=1600437210&sr=8-1 is this ok? thanks again :O)
@suzetermaat9602
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great video i`m going it to try on fabric and then with soda ash. I let you now if it wil do.
@patschwab4083
3 жыл бұрын
Suze, did you end up trying it on fabric? Would love to know the outcome if you did. Thanks
@utamigodjali
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul is there any option for development and fixer beside borax?
@paulseymour5998
3 жыл бұрын
I would think Soda Ash would work great
@steeptakeoff
4 жыл бұрын
hi @Paul Bishop...great video and process...how archival are these images...have you tried leaving them for a length of time without any top coat? keep up the great work. thank you
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I have. They seem pretty durable but I suspect UV light and oxygen will eventually degrade the images. I have topcoated with spray sealants (like polyurathane) on several, but even a couple years later even the non-coated are doing well.
@jansilar8737
4 жыл бұрын
Did you mean tu(r)meric? Just to be sure, 'cause i want to try it :)
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's the stuff. Check out the other vid where I make the paper, it's the common spice from the grocery store
@aeromodeller1
4 жыл бұрын
The print should be washed after development to remove the excess yellow and improve contrast and remove excess borax.
@paulbishop9896
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I find a rinse is needed or Borax may even crystallize out. Prints that I have sprayed with a bit of polyurathane and kept from direct sunlight are still quite gorgeous now.. over a year later.
@nuruleka2732
4 жыл бұрын
i'm just seeing this. how do you fix it? with what? sorry bad english.
@ashhole03
3 жыл бұрын
The Borax fixes it
@jordi.nackan
4 жыл бұрын
Super helpful video! I tried this out today and it was a blast!!
@paulbishop9896
4 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear!
@bobbybond4349
4 жыл бұрын
I live in the uk and can't get Borax is there anything you would recommend as an alternative?
@paulbishop9896
4 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Borax is a common laundry product, it should be available.. if not, a chemist friend of mine suggested that a diluted solution of Dishwasher detergent (the stuff you use in an automatic dishwasher) might have similar effect, though it's likely the color toning might be different.
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
I'm curious if anyone has found a good alternative for the UK or elsewhere. I've not picked up any to try it yet, but a chemist friend of mine suggested that dishwasher machine powder *might* be worth a try, something about pH and sodium carbonate, but he also said that the color probably would not be the same, as the Boron in Borax is probably giving that particular shade. Apparently there's like PhD level chemistry involved in what's going on, lol.. even though the process is quite old. As an aside, he also mentioned that altering the pH of the Borax solution might also change the color and toning, and went into a whole discussion of cabbage colors all being the same except for the acidity in particular breeds changes the color of the "dye" in the plants, so they are Red cabbages and purple cabbages, and green and all the ornamental cabbages.. and it's actually the same "dye" in the plant, but the acidity of the plant's "blood" which makes a cabbage it's breed's color. That was kind of neat. The point being that many natural dyes can be altered by changing the acidity they are exposed to. He didn't know if Curcumin (the dye that comes from Tumeric) was pH responsive, but that's easy enough to try out for ourselves. He suggested I might try adding lemon juice or baking soda to the Borax solution and seeing if that changed the color and toning. Planning on doing it one of these days, to give it a try.
@paulbishop9896
3 жыл бұрын
I was also informed that Curcumin (the dye from Tumeric that we are using) is commonly used in laboratory chemistry as an indicator, especially in certain forms of chromatography. It's ability to glow under UV light is used to isolate certain chemicals they study. As I understand, it tends to bind to certain types of chemicals, making them visible by lighting up under a lab UV light. The paper that led me to the process was actually about the borax/curcumin reaction as it is used to purify water, and the authors had made a footnote discussion about they had used the curcumin and borax reaction to make contact prints while they waited to see if their sewerage treatment reaction worked. A bit of Google later and decided to see if it would work... and decided on my process completely adhoc, not really expecting the outcome to be so fantastic.
@gianlucaloffredo9668
4 жыл бұрын
Hi there, I've tried this method but is not working, maybe is because England not sunny enough
@AlanJGreenUK
4 жыл бұрын
What is not working? Do you get bleaching of the unshielded parts of the paper under UV/sunlight? Is the problem with borax? Borax is no longer available in the UK where "borax substitute" is sold. This is a different chemical and I have been wondering if it will work for this process.
@FernandoRuedaBucaramanga
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks You!
@paulbishop9896
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed. Going to be doing some more videos soon
@SteveJones172pilot
4 жыл бұрын
This is really cool.. I assume you popped it back into a CNC of some kind to drill the thru-holes?
@meghanalexander1994
5 жыл бұрын
I love how eco friendly this process is. I can't wait to try it myself!
@paulbishop9896
5 жыл бұрын
Let me know how it goes! Been trying a few new things and will post again soon...
@vonkonow
5 жыл бұрын
Well done, really impressive setup! Really glad to see my old project being used. /johan (maker of nanino (from Sweden btw ;) )
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