When I first displayed my glass cyanotypes for the January review I used magnet spacers to displace the support from the wall enabling natural light to illuminate the image. Since then I have been searching my favourite online auction site for vintage darkroom lamps to convert into light boxes. To date I have procured three lamps plus an old carbon carbide bicycle lamp found on the beach in Shapinsay, Orkney. To make them Health and Safety compliant I have been rewiring them with two core cable. The lamp is illuminated by a bayonet type led bulb, cool white. I have used a led bulb to reduce the temperature inside the lamp so that the gelatine in the cyanotype is not compromised. Comments are closed.
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