A spooky as all get out, “the snow only just melted” George Eastman House. In April 2015 it was *my* turn to get incredibly lucky. With enormous gratitude to the South Australian Arts funding body ArtsSA, I tootled off to George Eastman House in Rochester, New York to undertake a week long Ambrotype and Tintype…
cyanotype photogram by Anna Atkins The original Blue Goo is still the most archival of the photographic processes, and nothing could be easier or more versatile. Originally invented by our Main Man Sir John Herschel, deep thinker, tea drinker and dabbler botanist – who was looking for a way to make quick copies of all…
We were very fortunate to have two groups of ebullient enthusiasm come and learn about pinhole photography with us in the last half of 2013. As part of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material conference in Adelaide in 2013, hosted by Artlab, The Analogue Laboratory offered conference attendees an opportunity to hang…
Turns out running workshops is an extreeeeemely fun way to pay the rent. Way better than working longer at our cash-money employment. Of course, this is mostly because the Most Interesting and Excitable people keep signing up to learn new things! Which is, naturally, something we want to support as much as possible. In late…
The first few months of workshops have been a complete blast – we’ve met so many new awesome people and enjoyed the heck out of seeing the lab humming along with everyone making All The Things Ever. So, let’s do some more! selenium toned fibre print Crash Course C: Darkroom Tricks & Techniques Saturday, November…
On Saturday and Sunday we ran our very first Crash Course A & B workshops at The Lab, and it was ALL KINDS OF AMAZING. The idea of Crash Course A was just to introduce people to developing their film at home and step them through the process, and we decided to offer a Crash…
Polaroids! With Jo, Emilie, Gilbert, Holly, and Jam. July 2013 Holly working in the dark tent for Emulsion Transfers Emulsion Lifts Emilie’s Emulsion Lift of Emilie, slightly singed More of Emilie’s emulsion transfers POLAROIDS! Hundreds of them! First Emulsion Transfer of the day. We ran our VERY FIRST workshop at The Analogue Lab’s new home…
A New Lab (time to play) In March 2013 The Analogue Laboratory relocated to The Mill, an arts hub located in the heart of Adelaide City itself. After two months of construction and a whirlwind fundraising campaign, The Lab is bigger, better, shinier, and we’re itchy to get back into making things. Get on board…
First test, weeds in the back garden (Alex Bishop-Thorpe) More Roadworks in Bowden (Alex Bishop-Thorpe) Rose Bush (Alex Bishop-Thorpe) by Andrew Dearman, at the Workshop Conroys Smallgoods (not sure who took this one, negative left behind) Tree, by Nina Bosco Another by Nina Bosco On the 20th of January we hosted…
Pinholes, Polaroids and Plastic Lenses Summer is here and it’s time to play! Three new workshops at the lab suitable for for everybody, from wet-process beginners to the curious tinkers who might like to muck about with a new material or toy. All heaped with plenty of tea, coffee and good food to keep you…
