About The Artist
The Art Institute of Chicago provided Candace with the formal education she needed to be a successful and versatile artist. She is comfortable in a variety of media including oils, acrylics and pastels.

In the early 1980's Candace began her study of photography. She was fortunate enough to be taught non-silver photographic processes under a local master. Today Candace specializes in a variety of silver and non-silver methods of photographic printing, which include hand-colored black and whites, pure and hand-colored cyanotypes, and gum bichromate prints.

Candace also creates rocking horses that resemble authentic carousel horses and furniture pieces for children that are designed to be family heirlooms.

About The Processes
Cyanotype and Gum Bichromate are non-silver processes that were used to create photographic prints from 1880 to 1930 when roll film containing silver halides and hand-held cameras became popular.

Creating a non-silver print is a long and involved process. It begins with a picture or 35mm negative, which must go through several steps to become a negative the size of the desired print.

Once a negative has been created a mixture of a color agent and a sensitizing solution are used to coat a sheet of paper. Once dried, the paper and negative are exposed to light. It can take several printings, frequently with different colors being used, to achieve the desired effect. The print is then cleared to make it archivally sound. Each print is an original, as no two are exactly alike.

Contact Information:

candace.seibert@antiochfinearts.org
AFAF Gallery