The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

162 THE FERROTYPE.
versed Medallion Ferrotype, better than many
words.
The apparatus consists of a light pine wood
frame or support, upon which is suspended a sheet
of white or gray card-board, through the center
of which is cut an oval opening. The back-
ground should be dark, and, if graduated in
shade, the better. The one seen in the cut is" a
Biglow graded revolving ground ; a dark-cloth
ground will answer the purpose quite well.
The background need not be more than four
feet square, and may be stretched on a light
frame. Through the center of the bar, which
should be across the middle of the frame, a hole
may be bored, by which it may be suspended on
the back of the head-rest, upon the rear end of
the rod which supports the head.
The medallion frame may be of light pine
wood, 2 inches by 1 inch, 6 feet high, and 30
inches wide. The one in the cut is 25 inches
wide; it is better to be wider.
The medallion matt may be of white card-
board, smooth or pebbled. The one in the cut is
gray, and pebbled, the better to imitate the
Photograph. A strip of white paper is pasted on
ihe edge of the upper left portion of the oval,
ind a similar piece, but black, on the correspond-
ing lower right.
The matt is 30x40 inches square, and glued
to a light frame of J-inc^ pii^e; the oval open-
ing is 16 X 22 inches.