Glassball Studio invite you to join us, as part of our GUIDEline project, to create photographic lumen prints from material collected along the Peak District National Park boundary, which is a short walk from the Longdendale Environmental Centre.
Following our Tracing the Bounday Archaeology walk, where we collected artefacts including everyday Victorian pottery, we now would like to capture the boundary through the plantlife found along its route, using the sun to expose an image onto photosensitive paper.
We will start from the Longdendale Environmental Centre and take a short walk along the Park boundary to collect material for our lumen prints. Back at the centre you will be shown how to make your print, expose the paper, record them before washing and then fixing our prints.
Prints (originals and/or copies) from this workshop will be included in our GUIDEline exhibition in the local area that is due to take place in the Autumn. After the exhibiton you will be reunited with your original prints for you to keep.
GOOD TO KNOW:
– Longdendale Environmental Centre is a fully accessible venue, with plenty of parking, or it is a 25min walk from Hadfield train station.
– No previous experience or specialist equipment needed.
– Workshop is open to all ages and abilities, but please be aware that there may be some uneven ground / paths to negotiate during our short walk.
– Please feel free to also bring along your own digital cameras and/or camera phones.
– The number for the workshop is limited to 15 participants, so please book your place now so we can safely manage numbers during the event.
– The workshop will be COVID aware and hand sanitiser will be provided.
– Refreshements will be provided during the workshop.
– Due to unpredictable weather, please wear suitable all weather clothing and sensible footwear.
– A small payment is requested to secure your place and to help us manage numbers. A full refund will be given once you have attended the event.
About Lumen Prints
“Lumen printmaking is one of the most fascinating camera-less photographic processes. Lumen prints begin with silver gelatin photographic papers, the traditional photographic paper used in the making of black and white prints since the late 1870s. Silver gelatin photographic papers are conventionally used in a darkroom under safelight conditions. Lumen prints are made by taking sheets of unexposed black-and-white or color photographic paper and placing objects or negatives on top of the paper in the same manner as making a camera-less photogram. Instead of using an enlarger, the lumen printmaking process takes silver gelatin paper out of the darkroom and into the bright sunlight to produce camera-less photographic images. Being able to move from the darkroom and into the bright sunlight is the most exciting aspect of lumen printmaking.” (Extract from https://davidarnoldphotographyplus.com/2015/01/17/morning-glories-lumen-print-making/)
Image Credit: Cora Glasser, Lumen Print test, not fixed, August 2022