Photos Made With Coffee
and

Coffee Images on Eggs
May be New to You

But They Have Been Made
In Costa Rica Since the Late 1980's

and Coffee Magazines have been writing about the
the process since 1992


SEE BELOW

Art of Coffee
ARTICLE BELOW PUBLISHED IN CAFE OLE MAGAZINE 1992

" Product Profiles "

Picture This Coffee

   " A recent  leap in coffee technology has
nothing to do with it being a beverage.
Picture this...photographs made of
coffee!

     This revolution is the brainchild of
     Costa Rican Artist Saul Bolaños.
This artist chemist has taken a natural
product of his native country and turned
it into a form of visual imagery, called
Cafegrafia ® ---" coffee graphics. "

     Bolaños discovered that coffee reacts
with certain insoluble metal oxides,
allowing photographic images to be
developed on paper, glass, wood,
ceramic and stone.

     The resulting images posess a warm,
personal appeal that harks back to the
sepia-toned photos of years ago.
    The details of this novel process
remain closely guarded secrets.  But Café
Olé Magazine was able to pry a few
tidbits from U.S. distributors.

His advancements for CAFEGRAFIA
include a special camera and enlarger,
and new lab techniques. Unlike other
photo processes No darkroom is
required.

Developing an image can be
accomplished in full sunlight.
Bolaños has even been called a witch
by some who have observed the magic
process. "

Seattle, WA , USA - page 52 nov 1992

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