Well the E17 Art Trail is well and truly under way! The launch last night at Vestry House was full of familiar faces -great to catch up while looking at new work. Would recommend The Ten Commandments by Lorraine and Roger Huddle; Sculpture by Steve Scullion and Recent Works by Jason Hawkridge.
This year I am participating in EDGE at Inky Cuttlefish along with Anna Alcock, Kirsten Schmidt and Ester Neslen. I am showing new darkroom work exploring the symbolism of snakes and new pinhole prints.
The image above is the first in the series. The main image is a vintage glass plate negative, around 5×4″ in size, that I have enlarged. The neg is from around 1900 and has slight damage to the surface, however think this adds to the image hinting at the process and also demonstrating a fragility which is appropriate to this work. The snake is a small toy placed directly onto the paper while exposing the print. The whole print was then solarized to create a metallic sheen to the skin.
I can honestly say I felt a shiver when it was developed!
More to follow…
September 3, 2011 | Categories: Pinhole photography, Rachel's Darkroom | Tags: Anna Alcock, E17 art Trail, homemade camera, Inky Cuttlefish, photography, Pinhole Photography, Rachel's Darkroom, Walthamstow | Leave A Comment »
Working in the darkroom during World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2011
preparing the camera under safelights
waiting for the image ...
May 1, 2011 | Categories: Pinhole photography, Rachel's Darkroom | Tags: darkroom, Inky Cuttlefish, Pinhole Photography, Rachel's Darkroom, Walthamstow, World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2011 | Leave A Comment »
Ready for the off! The Victorian Teapot cam, The Stella ceramic cam, a ply kit cam, the Retro Teapot cam, the Victorian Sewing Box cam and the Zero 5×4″
May 1, 2011 | Categories: Ceramic pinhole, Pinhole photography | Tags: 5x4, ceramic camera, homemade camera, Inky Cuttlefish, Pinhole Photography, Rachel's Darkroom, Walthamstow, World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2011 | Leave A Comment »
Fantastic weather! Strange cameras – well mine at least! Pinhole-tastic!
May 1, 2011 | Categories: Ceramic pinhole, Pinhole photography | Tags: ceramic camera, darkroom, homemade camera, Inky Cuttlefish, photography, Pinhole, Pinhole Photography, Rachel's Darkroom, Walthamstow, World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2011 | Leave A Comment »
Test image using the Stella Cam shot on Saturday in very bright light
shot using Stella Cam loaded with Ilford RC multigrade paper for 3 elephantsdigital positive
April 25, 2011 | Categories: Ceramic pinhole, Pinhole photography, Victorian Process | Tags: ceramic camera, darkroom, homemade camera, Inky Cuttlefish, photography, Pinhole, Pinhole Photography, Rachel's Darkroom, Walthamstow, World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2011 | Leave A Comment »
During our open studios this weekend at Inky Cuttlefish I carried out a 4.5 hour pinhole exposure using the Victorian Sewing Box Cam and Ilford RC paper. I had intended to make the exposure for the full 6 hours, but it was a Sunday! Despite the appearance in the photograph, I had people dropping in all day !-thanks to all for coming.
4.5 hour exposure negative
4.5 hour exposure digital positive
March 28, 2011 | Categories: Pinhole photography | Tags: darkroom, homemade camera, Inky Cuttlefish, Pinhole Photography, Rachel's Darkroom, Walthamstow, World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2011 | Leave A Comment »
Have started using a Wista 5×4 as part of my Victorian process research and this week I have been shooting with Ilfords new Direct Positive paper. If you have shot using a field camera you will know that there is no pentaprism; if not this means that the image is upside down and back to front! Although the image quality is better than expected, the images require reversing in Photoshop if any text is included- had forgotten that! Not quite as useful as first thought.
March 23, 2011 | Categories: Wista 5 x4 | Tags: 5x4, Ann Alcock, darkroom, Inky Cuttlefish, photography, positive paper, Walthamstow, wista | Leave A Comment »
Well the E17 Art Trail is well and truly under way! The launch last night at Vestry House was full of familiar faces -great to catch up while looking at new work. Would recommend The Ten Commandments by Lorraine and Roger Huddle; Sculpture by Steve Scullion and Recent Works by Jason Hawkridge.
