Wedgwood to Bromoil
Alternative Processes Course
As people are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the ability of digital photography to meet their creative needs, there is a corresponding revival of interest in the craftsmanship and the aesthetic of hands-on or alternative photography included in my Wedgwood to Bromoil course of workshops; examples of photographs made using the processes included in the workshop can be found in the relevant parts of this web site. The course gives everyone hands-on practical experience.
The excitement of the workshops is that the ‘students’ are inquisitive people who want to know the science and history of the processes so that they can use them more effectively. Apart from London’s professional and amateur printers of the highest standing, those attending the ‘Wedgwood to Bromoil’ course usually include people from undergraduate to PhD level in a broad range of disciplines.
The programme covers:
I will still run workshops on individual processes on request.
My work in alternative processes has been described in the press as ‘awe inspiring’ and of ‘great beauty’, and my teaching as both inspiring and practical
The course will be for one day a week for seventeen weeks. There will be a maximum of six students. We can also run a second series of workshops on a different day ( this has engendered some friendly rivalry between those on the different days).
The workshops are provisionally planned for Thursdays or Fridays over seventeen weeks starting in February 2010. The weeks will not be consecutive but grouped according to the needs of the course and of those of those attending.
The workshops will take place at the Hands-On Pictures studio in Richmond, Surrey.
The cost will be £1100 for the seventeen days, payable in full in advance.
Demonstration materials are included in the cost. Students will need their own materials and tools to make their own prints during the workshop. These will not be expensive and appropriate guidance will be given.
The excitement of the workshops is that the ‘students’ are inquisitive people who want to know the science and history of the processes so that they can use them more effectively. Apart from London’s professional and amateur printers of the highest standing, those attending the ‘Wedgwood to Bromoil’ course usually include people from undergraduate to PhD level in a broad range of disciplines.
The programme covers:
- Wedgwood’s process presented to The Royal Institution in 1804
- Niepce’s asphaltum prints (1822-26)
- Salt
- Daguerreotype
- The Calotpe
- The cyanotype and chrysotype (gold) and the revised versions, the Cyanotype Rex and the Chrysotype Rex
- Albumen
- Stereo
- Carbon
- Platinum printing
- Copper Plate Gravure
- Van Dyke
- Gum bichromate
- Bromoil and bromoil transfer
I will still run workshops on individual processes on request.
My work in alternative processes has been described in the press as ‘awe inspiring’ and of ‘great beauty’, and my teaching as both inspiring and practical
The course will be for one day a week for seventeen weeks. There will be a maximum of six students. We can also run a second series of workshops on a different day ( this has engendered some friendly rivalry between those on the different days).
The workshops are provisionally planned for Thursdays or Fridays over seventeen weeks starting in February 2010. The weeks will not be consecutive but grouped according to the needs of the course and of those of those attending.
The workshops will take place at the Hands-On Pictures studio in Richmond, Surrey.
The cost will be £1100 for the seventeen days, payable in full in advance.
Demonstration materials are included in the cost. Students will need their own materials and tools to make their own prints during the workshop. These will not be expensive and appropriate guidance will be given.