New Photographic Studio and Darkroom Up and Running

My new photographic studio and darkroom is now fully functional with all facilities working.  It is great to have everything in one place.  It has bags of space and lots of sink area.  I have spent the last week or so ensuring that I have confidence in my creation of negatives for cyanotypes and VDBs.  I hope to start some preliminary tutorials in the new year.  Do get in touch if you are interested in learning how to make  prints using traditional processes.  I am in the process of testing the new Revere Platine paper for these processes.  So far it is encouraging especially for Van Dyke Brown prints for which it works really well.  It supports the cyanotype chemistry too which is good but so far I have yet to get the rich blues I have with some other papers.  It is early days and I will try some more.  Bergger COT-320 is becoming a favourite for the very picky Mike Ware new cyanotype formula and Arches Platine is still as good as any.  It has a nice smooth surface, a good weight and not too badly priced from SilverPrint for a fine quality paper.