Do you already have experience in making tintypes and ambrotypes, and are you ready to take your experience and skills to the next level? Or have you ever wanted to create your own large-format negatives and print them on your own hand-crafted photographic paper?
<P style="color:rgb(28,29,29);font-family:'Open Sans', HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Then join us and experience the beautiful and unique processes of wet-plate collodion negatives and salted paper printing.
<P style="color:rgb(28,29,29);font-family:'Open Sans', HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Many of us are aware of the unrivalled detail, tone and atmosphere that wet-plate collodion “positives” (tintypes and ambrotypes) produce. Prints made from wet-plate “negatives” do so even more. In this workshop, the differences between the creation of wet-plate collodion “negatives” and “positives” (tintypes and ambrotypes) will be discussed. The different collodion, developers (iron vs. pyro), and fixer formulas will be addressed. In addition, the process for making a collodion ‘negative’, as opposed to a ‘positive’, will be highlighted, including exposure, development and albumen subbing. Finally, the concept behind ‘redevelopment’ versus ‘intensification’ will be demonstrated and practised.
<P style="color:rgb(28,29,29);font-family:'Open Sans', HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Salted paper, one of the earliest methods of printing photographic negatives, produces prints rivalling the richness of platinum/palladium. In addition, a wide range of colours, from browns to blacks, can be achieved using various toners. Paper considerations, exposure options (sunlight vs. artificial light), toning, printing ‘difficult’ negatives, and hand waxing will be discussed, demonstrated and practised in detail.
<p style="color:rgb(28,29,29);font-family:'Open Sans', HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">The workshop will be held in English. The workshop is limited to 4 participants.
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David Puntel
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19 May 2017 | 13:00 – 17:00
Introduction to the wet-plate collodion process; demonstration of the negative process; students create their own negatives.
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20 May 2017 | 10:00 – 18:00
Discussion of the chemistry involved; students continue creating negatives; Demonstration and practical session on redevelopment and intensification.
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21 May 2017 | 10:00 – 18:00
Salted paper printing of negatives.
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