#DIY​

This month I am demonstrating how to make coffee paper developer. In a previous video, I demonstrated how to make caffenol developer for film. This is a recipe I used for paper developing. I used a developer based on Arne Heeringa's recipe. / arneheeringa
I am going to have a solo exhibition at Big Day Film Collective in Philadelphia, USA in September. The exhibition will comprise of my "Ancient Light" series of photographs printed using caffenol paper developer. I will not physically attend the exhibition but my work will visit!
Here are my two recipes:
Caffenol C Printing for sepia tones. Best for contact printing and in-camera (pinhole).
(Photograms, using digital transparency)
• 27g soda crystals.
• 18g vitamin C.
• 17g coffee.
• 1g salt.
• water to make 1000ml of solution
• standard fixer / salt water solution (350g salt to 1 litre of water, immersed for 24 hours)
Caffenol C Printing for darker tones. The recipe demonstrated above.
Best for printing with enlarged negative.
• 75g soda crystals.
• 25g vitamin C.
• 75g coffee.
• 25g salt.
• water to make 1000ml of solution
• standard fixer / salt water (350g salt to 1 litre of water, immersed for 24 hours)
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[@francesarpaia]

Woah. Did not realize you could do prints with caffenol. These are great.

[@MelanieKing]

Thank you! Yes the prints are really cool :) I prefer them more than the film.

[@hmpeter]

Just tried it for the fun of it, works like a charme! :D Thank you!

[@MelanieKing]

Awesome, I am glad to hear that!

[@fraufuchs9555]

Thanks for this video. So use water as your stop bath solution? No chemicals, just water? I have been using caffenol for film development but never tried for prints.

[@lloydstevens9127]

Dev works well, interesting toning on illford rc gloss, probably be better on fiber.

[@MelanieKing]

I started out with fibre based paper! It looks beautiful but takes a lot longer to develop than resin coated.

[@dari564]

i wanna do this, do you have more photos of your caffenol prints somewhere? perhaps flickr?
on a totally different note, you're so cute!!!

[@MelanieKing]

Hello, yes I have some images on my website:
www.melaniek.co.uk/precious-metals

[@wesleywarner5707]

Just wondering if I could develop Ilford Delta 100 BW film with caffinol?

[@Adam-qd8jh]

Is there a way to calculate developing time ? I want to use iso 1 and 5 film. Thanks !!!