This workshop explores some of the exciting possibilities you have to design your own developers for print and film. You will learn how to make a muddy semi-solid developer using just wood ash and used coffee grounds. Semi-solid developers are made solely from plant materials and waste matter. They have a thick, mud-like consistency and require longer developing times. They are fast to biodegrade, very low in toxicity, and a lot of fun to work with!
The workshop instructors are visiting CYAN darkroom in Oslo, after teaching a class in Gothenburg and giving a talk at Oslo Fotokunstskole.
Darkroom 308 - Semi-Solid developers
During the session we will experiment with using the muddy developer across a range of applications including film and paper prints. You will have the chance to use the muddy developer to create unique, textured prints both in the light and in the darkroom, printing negatives using the enlargers or perhaps from print made in a pin-hole camera.
Alongside this, you will learn about the origins and research behind this recipe, created by Andrés Pardo of CuriosoLab, and how to store and neutralise the developer for home-composting.
Ca 5 hours
22/3 at 12 - 5PM
Workshop instructor: Hanna Fletcher & Edd Carr
1800,- per pers 3-8 participants
(20% discount for CYAN members)The workshop will be in English and is open also for you who are not a member of the darkroom.
Hannah Fletcher and Edd Carr are based in the UK and are the co-directors of The Sustainable Darkroom, the world's first and only charity dedicated to researching and disseminating lower-toxicity photographic materials and methods.
Hannah and Edd have taught at venues all over the world including The Science Gallery, V&A, The Royal Academy, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg), Mono No Aware (NY), Hestercombe Gardens and Gallery, The Royal College of Art, Slade School of Art, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Germany) and the Architectural Association.
Participants need to bring a developed negative with good contrast for printing with in the enlarger. You are also welcome to bring along a pinhole camera if you have one.
Other materials included.
The workshop will be useful for both the experienced and the newcomer to the analog darkroom practice.
Mørkerom 308 - Semi-Solid developers
This workshop explores some of the exciting possibilities you have to design your own developers for print and film.
The workshop is suitable for both the experienced and the newcomer to the analog darkroom practice. You will learn how to make a muddy semi-solid developer using just wood ash and used coffee grounds and try out the creative possibilities to create unique, textured prints both in the light and in the darkroom, printing negatives using the enlargers or perhaps from print made in a pin-hole camera.
You will work with two guest instructors alongside other photographers, and get personal follow up from the instructors.
Workshop instructor: Hannah Fletcher and Edd Carr (UK) from The Sustainable Darkroom
The workshop will be held in English.
20% discount for members of CYAN darkroom. (Sign up with the discount code “MEDLEM”)
Cancellations later than 48 hours before workshop start will only give a 50% refund of the workshop fee.