Category: Copper Sheet Photography

Gelatin Chloride on raw copper sheet. Printed-out and toned with gold and/ or selenium. The copper sheet is then decorated with controlled oxidation. Watercolour paint and ink were added as additional decorations.

This is an archival process and China was the first to demonstrate the possibility of printing photographically directly onto sheets of copper. China was particularly adept at this process and the type of aesthetic it produces is especially attributed to his work.