Castle Daguerre
Preparatory work continues apace – the last couple of weeks have been spent cleaning out a playhouse I built for my children quite a few years ago. My son is now in college, and my daughter is a senior in high school. The playhouse wasn’t getting much use – storage and the occasional mouse house. I decided a while back that regardless of any safety precautions taken, I don’t want bromine or mercury inside my house. Ergo – the rebirth of the playhouse into “Castle Daguerre“. Yesterday I built a couple of workbenches. Today was spent getting components at Home Depot and beginning to wire it for electricity. It is really quite amazing the number of trades and processes that you get to dip into on the way to becoming a daguerreotypist. So far I have been researcher, optical repaiman, camera repairman, carpenter and electrician. I do have to remind myself from time to time why I am doing all this work, but I keep three antique daguerrotypes on my bedside table so I don’t forget. Once I get the studio built I am going to get back to figuring out that whole plate production thing. I am still completely stumped about what polishing method to use. Too many choices.
Daguerreotype Process | andy | August 3, 2008 | 
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bromine, castle, Contemporary Daguerreotypist, historical, mercury, Plates
