Pidgeons (c) Dominic Turner
A 2 Day residential Workshop
Tutor: Ian Mitton & Dominic Turner
Location: Annesbrook, Duleek, Co. Meath
Dates: 9 & 10 July, 2011
Cost: €500 pp (Max. 8 people)
Includes -
Full board (one night at www.annesbrook.com),tuition, chemistry and equipment provided. Each participant will also receive a workshop manual containing formulas, notes on chemical preparation, the alternative processes and a resources section.
Course Format
DAY 1 (Saturday, 9th July, 2011)
Morning
- Overview of process, chemicals, equipment needed, organisation, care and maintenance of chemicals. Characteristics of final prints.
- Health and safety recommendations.
- Discussion and preparation of Digital Negatives.
Afternoon
- Hand coating papers.
- Mixing Chemistry
- Making Cyanotype prints.
- Making Van Dyke prints.
- Review of processes and correcting mistakes.
- Tidy up chemicals.
Evening
- Evening meal followed by optional slideshow giving a brief history of the processes, their fall from grace to re-emergence in the 1970′s and contemporary practitioners in the field.
DAY 2 (Sunday, 10th July 2011)
Morning
- Hand coating papers.
- Mixing Chemistry
- Making Gum Bichromate prints.
- Making Palladium prints.
Afternoon
- Continue exploring the four processes.
- Fine tuning printing and controlling contrast.
- Individual guidance with process.
- Drying an presentation options.
- Tidy up chemicals.
A deposit of €150 will be required no later than two weeks before the commencement of the course.
Please email workshops@exhibitastudios.ie or call 01 707 1673 to book your place.
About the tutors.
Ian Mitton is a senior lecturer on the BA photography program at IADT and presents the Alternative processes module. Dominic Turner is a co-founder of Exhibit A Studios and regularly exhibits his 19C prints. Both are founding members of ‘Chasing Shadows’
