Forage and Plant Based Printing – Anthotype Workshop with Anne Eder – at Wright Locke Farm (1 Sunday morning plus follow up)

The Griffin Museum of Photography is thrilled to offer this workshop in partnership with Wright Locke Farm

Come enjoy a wonderful morning  learning how to make plant based prints while also enjoying this beautiful farm right here in Winchester.

Anthotypes are a nineteenth century process discovered by Sir John Herschel. The innate light sensitivity of plants can be harnessed to produce photographic images that do not require any sort of chemical development or a traditional darkroom. It is a very romantic and delicately nuanced process, and images may be rendered in a range of pastel or vibrant colors. The methods of extracting and coating plant emulsions onto watercolor papers will be demonstrated, as well as how to set up, expose, and assess exposures.

A presentation on history of the process and contemporary practitioners will be followed by foraging the farm for materials, making emulsions, and coating papers. Participants will take coated papers home to set up and expose the papers to create the final images and we will meet again about 10 days later to to discuss everyone’s results.  Sponsored by Hahnemühle.

Date:  Sunday August 27th  2023

Time:  9 am – 12 pm EST ( 3 hour workshop)

PLUS Wednesday evening Sept 6th – follow up to share finished prints and enjoy a public talk by Anne Eder about her work

Location: In person at Wright Locke Farm:  82 Ridge Street, Winchester, MA 01890

Limited to 12 participants

This workshop is being offered with tiered pricing:

Tier A – Pay-it-forward price (helping others access this program) -$185

Tier B – Cost to run program – $145

Tier C – Reduced price for accessibility – $105

A $10 materials fee will be added to each registration.

Anne Eder is an interdisciplinary artist and educator, working in photography, sculpture, and fiction writing. She has been internationally exhibited, awarded, and published, including multiple Julia Margaret Cameron awards in alternative process photography. She is currently faculty at Harvard University, Penumbra Foundation, and is guest faculty at Princeton University, co-teaching with Guggenheim fellow, Deana Lawson. She holds a master’s degree in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University College of Art and Design where she studied with Christopher James. Much of her work is experimental and research based, combining historic processes, science, and contemporary conceptual thinking.

Throughout her career she has been an advocate for increased access to the arts, cofounding and operating artist run galleries and programming in the Philadelphia metro area, and the creation of public art is a dedicated part of her practice. She lives in Boston writing fairy tales and catering to her fabulous chihuahua, The Brain.

www.anneeder.com

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