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Coffee

As Photographic
Developing Agent for Silver Salts
CAFEGRAFIA®
A BRIEF HISTORY
Technical Document
Coffee Pigment Process
gelatin coffee prints

The Eighth Process: coffee pigment print

 First Coffee pigment print Ever
as done by
the eigth
process which is described below
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ARTICLE BELOW PUBLISHED IN
CAFE OLE MAGAZINE 1992
USA
" 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. "

pure coffee image
Seattle, WA , USA - Page 52 Nov 1992
Cafegrafia in
Front Covers

of US Magazines
as early 1992

cafegrafia in 1992 usa magazines
Painting With Coffee
Painting With Coffee, All Types of Art Made With Coffee   Historical Document

coffee as developer for silver salts

coffee as developer for silver salts

cafegrafia world lider in coffee art
costa rica postage stamp
coffee card

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coffee research test tube