Alternative Processes:
Caffenol / Chemigram / LIquid emulsion / cyanotype Polaroid lift/Lumen & Phytogram
introduction to the Caffenol Darkroom £195 Book now
Caffenol Printing £95 Book now
Chemigram £95 Book now
LIQUID EMULSION COATING AND PRINTING WORKSHOP £195 Book Now
Polaroid lift £100 Book now
Cyanotype PRinting £95 book now
Cyanotype fabric PRinting £95 book now
Lumen & phytogram Print making £95 Book now
introduction to the Caffenol Darkroom £195
In these environmentally-conscious times we are very excited to announce our new Introducton To The Caffenol Darkroom workshop.
Learn how to mix up this alternative, more eco-friendly developer in this whole-day workshop. Caffenol has a lovely warm tone and is less toxic than traditional darkroom chemistry. Made using instant coffee and 2 other easily available ingredients you'll learn how to use it to develop one of your 35mm/120 films and make prints in the darkroom.
PLEASE SHOOT ONE OF THESE FILMS IN ADVANCE AND BRING IT ALONG.
Ilford HP5 400
Kodak Tmax 400
Fomapan 400
BE AWARE – THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS SO RESULTS MAY NOT BE AS CONSISTENT OR RELIABLE AS TRADITIONAL PROCESS DEVELOPING.
All materials included in the fee.
Caffenol Darkroom Printing £95
For those who just wish to experience making prints using Caffenol developer, this workshop is for you. Learn how to mix up this alternative paper developer, more eco-friendly than traditional developer and with a slightly warmer tone. Made using instant coffee and two other easily available ingredients you'll learn how to mix it up and how to use it in the darkroom to make rich black and white images.
Come along and make photograms if you have no previous darkroom experience, or use it as an opportunity to enrich your darkroom knowledge to print your own negatives using a more ecologically sustainable developer.
All materials included in the fee.
Chemigrams £95
The Chemigram process exists somewhere between painting and photography.
This three-hour workshop will explore how everyday household items such as coffee, lemon, toothpaste, etc. can be applied to photosensitive paper to create mysterious and surprising unique images.
Expect the unexpected!
No previous photography or darkroom experience necessary.
All materials included in the fee.
LIQUID EMULSION COATING AND PRINTING WORKSHOP £195
This one-day course will teach you how to coat a variety of papers, including recycled materials, in our darkroom. You will then have the opportunity to print from your negatives or produce photograms from objects that you bring to the workshop. Unlike traditional photographic printing, working with liquid emulsion produces unique, one-off creations that are textured and ask to be touched.
This session is aimed at the photographer who has experience of working in a darkroom and is looking to expand their practice and apply their creativity in new directions. Once you have completed this workshop, you will be able to return to darkroom for our occasional supervised liquid emulsion coating and printing sessions, where you will have the opportunity to continue with this practice.
Participants must have basic darkroom printing skills.
All materials are included in the session.
Polaroid lift £100
Using instant photographs you will take with a Polaroid camera, participants in this workshop are then shown how to dissect and manipulate the print to create beautiful, dream-like, unique prints on a variety of surfaces (paper, card and wood).
No previous photography or darkroom experience is necessary.
All materials and access to Polaroid cameras included in the fee.
Video courtesy of Alice Rizzo
Cyanotype Printing £95
The original 'blueprint'.
Discover this striking and historical print process which is currently experiencing a surge in popularity.
Participants on this four-hour workshop will learn how to coat their own paper. On this you will create Prussian blue photograms by laying objects directly onto the photosensitive surface and exposing it to UV or sunlight.
If you would like to bring your own objects, leaves, flowers etc. for the photogram, to produce really personal results, please do!
No previous photography or darkroom experience is necessary.
All materials included in the fee.
Video courtesy of Alice Rizzo
Cyanotypes by: Dyveke Bredsdorff
Cyanotype Fabric Printing £95
Come and learn how to print your own unique cyanotype bag and T shirt!
Cyanotype is one of the earliest photographic techniques and is where we get the word 'blueprint'. The light-sensitive liquid can be painted onto a variety of surfaces.
Catriona Gray will guide you through coating your own test sheets of paper, where you can experiment with photogram techniques and composition and learn how to expose them using our UV exposure unit.
You will have the opportunity to coat and expose one bag (which we will supply) and a plain white T shirt (that you should bring yourself, so that it fits!). Feel free to bring your own objects (which have interesting shapes or translucency) that might work well as a photogram, or you can experiment with cut paper, leaves and objects available at the darkroom.
When you're finished you'll have your own totally unique and handmade fabric items, printed in a wonderful shade of blue, that everyone will ask you about!
Materials included in the fee - Paper, Tote Bag & Chemistry. Bring your own white T shirt.
Lumen And Phytogram Print Making £95
Not everything at Darkroom means spending the day in the dark! Catriona Gray – a specialist in slow camera-less photographic processes – will lead this session of sun and nature-filled photographic fun. Learn how to make Lumen prints to get vibrant colour images from plants on old black & white photographic paper, plus use homemade plant-based developer to create your own Phytograms on paper and film.
Sun, plants and eco-friendly developer, what more could you want on a summer’s day!
You will learn how to make your own basic developer to capture delicate outlines and textures of plants. This is a slow and mindful workshop that involves taking a walk to collect plants and leaves, chatting with fellow learners while the plants and sunlight do their work.
You will take home several small lumen prints and phytogram prints on paper, and some phytograms on film, if you wish.
All materials included in the fee.
