When
NEW DATES:
12th October
Booking here
Where: Workshops take place in Magda Kuca’s studio in London.
How much: Each workshop costs £295 per person. max 4 students. This includes all materials.
What: Wet collodion is a Victorian craft-based process published by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851. Photographs are made using silver and large format camera, resulting in a multidimensional image on a glass plate that appears as both positive and negative. You will be introduced to this historic process during a 6h session.
Schedule:
1. Health & Safety Information
2. Information on wet-plate darkroom equipment-studio work and field work
3. Preparation of chemistry-glass cleaning agent, cadmium-free salted collodion, silver bath, developer , standard fixer. Note on maturing and shelf-life of chemistry
4. Introduction to large format camera and collodion plate holders.
5. Collodion studio lighting set-up and notes on exposure measuring methods
6. Presentation of plate preparation and glass cleaning methods including commonly made mistakes
7. Creating wet plate portraits/still lifes ( it will be up to you, you are welcome to bring any objects you would like to use for shooting) for as long as time allows.
8. Varnishing and various varnish types
9. Troubleshooting tips
Make sure to bring comfortable working clothes.
