Author Archives: Jonathan

I usually take a bit of a break from making daguerreotypes during the winter. My workshop is unheated which makes Iodine sublimation less predictable. I took the hiatus this year to finish a sculpture that I’ve been working on for … Continue reading →

The supplier of much of my daguerreotyping paraphernalia, Talas, published a great blog post recently about Buffered Tissue vs. Unbuffered Tissue.  I have tried various products to seal my daguerreotypes and I’ve used both buffered and unbuffered tapes from Talas … Continue reading →

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis – Daguerreotype, originally uploaded by Duck Arrow Types. A collaborative portrait of the very cool band Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis. Great people and consummate performers. The fading and specks are all digitally added and then the … Continue reading →

Layland, NJ – Church Piano, originally uploaded by Duck Arrow Types. This is the image that I am gilding in the previous post. Pity about the water stains but what are you going to do, right?

Gilding a Daguerreotype On-site, originally uploaded by Duck Arrow Types. I recently took a class taught by Mike Robinson. I have finally learned the Mercurial method of daguerreotypy! This is an image of me taken by my friend Jill while … Continue reading →