LINDY SMITH

 

The Kallitype is an alternative photo process developed in England in 1842 that involves a sensitizer mixture of iron salts and silver nitrate. The sensitizer is mixed and coated onto paper; a negative is placed on the paper under glass and exposed to ultraviolet light, then developed in a complex process. 

My method, developed over the past 10 years, is rather than use a negative, to collect plants, ( primarily native from the wild) and expose these plants under sunlight. This is a contact process, meaning the image is full size. These are also unique images, that is, there are no editions but only one image that is made by hand. 

What fascinates me about the Kallitype as opposed to other processes is the range of tonalities achieved through conditions such as heat, humidity, time of day, time of year, temperature, choice of paper, the variety of coating mixtures I use, (sometimes adding metals such as gold chloride). I have printed in California, Wyoming, Arizona, Montana, New York State, Illinois and in 2008 and 2009 at the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge near Prairie City, Iowa. I often think of this work as conservationist in nature.

INTERVIEW WITH JIM DUNCAN

ADDITIONAL WORKS ON MOBERG EDITIONS

 

Camassia - NY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Blue Vervain - IA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Great Lobelia - IA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Compass Plant - IL

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Burcucumber - NY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Desert Poppy

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Hound's Tounge - WY

Kallitype on paper 22" x 30"

 

Intermediate Wheatgrass - WY

Kallitype on paper 22" x 30"

Cup Plant (diptych)- IL

Cyanotype on paper 44" x 30"

 

Grapevine (diptych)- CA

Kallitype on paper 60" x 22"

Wild Radish - CA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Patridge Pea - IA

Kallitype on paper 22" x 30"

Mullein (diptych) - WY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 44"

 

Burdock Leaves (diptych) - NY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 44 "

Morning Glory - CA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Mare's Tail - IA

Gold Chloride on paper 30" x 22"

Western Red Bud - NY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Liatris - IA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Hollyhock - NY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Goldenrod - NY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Skinny Milkweed and Wooly Blue Curls - CA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Wild Licorice - WY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Wyoming Grass - WY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Prostrate Vervain - WY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Tall Larkspur - WY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Pearly Everlasting - CA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Eriogonum (Coastal Buckwheat) - CA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Cup Plant - IA

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

Foxtail and Joe Pye Weed (triptych) - CA

Kallitype on paper 66 " x 30 "

 

Grapevine (diptych) - IA

Kallitype on paper 60" x 22 "

Jacob's Ladder - NY

Kallitype on paper 30" x 22"

 

Sacred Datura - CA

Gold Chloride on paper 22 " x 30 "