Historical & Alternative Processes
In an age of digital perfection and digital reproduction there are many artists who look backwards and sideways to create something new and different. Many look to historical and alternative photographic processes as an antidote to digital perfection, exchanging computer for darkroom, perfection for the unpredictable, machine made for hand made.
To many, alternative processes are alchemy. Weighing and mixing raw chemicals, coating papers, exposing papers to sunlight, washing, fixing and toning the final image to create a one off, an unique and irreproducible image. The antithesis of digital photography.
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Alternative Processes | Salt Printing & Kallitypes
On this one-day, hands-on alternative processes workshop you will learn how to make one of the earliest forms of photograph, a salt print.Dates: 5th February 2023
Days: Sunday
Time: 11:00 - 17:30
Length: 1 Day
Tutor: Paul Ellis
Fee: £185.00
Places: 4 places left
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Alternative Processes | Salt Printing
On this one-day hands-on alternative processes workshop you will learn how to make one of the earliest forms of photograph, a salt print. Image © Tamsin Green, made during a previous Salt Printing course here at Photofusion. The day starts with a short introduction to the history and methods of salt printing before we move to the darkroom to learn about the chemicals involved and how to mix them. We then coat the paper and then make our first test exposures under UV light. From this first test print we make a final print, wash and fix the image and -
Alternative Processes | Van Dyke Printing
In this one-day hands-on alternative processes printing workshop you will learn one of the most charming historical processes, Van Dyke Brown and Van Dyke Blue prints.