Come spend a day learning plant-based photographic printing at Old Frog Pond Farm (OFPF) with artist Anne Eder.
In this day long workshop participants will forage for suitable materials in the woods and along the pond where permanent sculptures are positioned, and natural beauty abounds. We will then explore the wonderful and non-toxic world of plant-based printing.
Anthotypes are a nineteenth century process first explored by Sir John Herschel, who also gave us cyanotypes and the word “photography”. There is not much more romance or intrigue than using the natural light sensitivity of plants to create prints and seeing your images emerge from an emulsion of fragrant rose petals or nutritious chard!
The workshop will also cover chlorophyll printing and lumens, a type of cameraless photography.
There will be a short presentation followed by foraging for materials with guidance on ethical gathering before making plant sensitizers by extracting juice from the plants and coating papers.
Please note that most of these anthotypes will be exposed and completed at home, though some emulsions will yield results in a few hours and lumen prints will be completed in the afternoon.
(Optional) Join us for a zoom meeting the following week to discuss the results.
Tuition including all materials and follow up via zoom: $150. Click here to reserve your spot.
*Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes for walking around and sunscreen. Bring a picnic lunch.
Rain date: June 16
The class will be led by Anne Eder, who has taught these processes at Harvard and Princeton universities, the Griffin Museum of Photography, Penumbra Foundation NYC, Santa Fe Workshops, and internationally at photo festivals and over zoom. She is also an Old Frog Pond Farm artist. Her plant-based sculptures can be seen in The Boneyard in the woods, where they are left to decompose back into the earth. Her focus is on sustainability and working toward a more ecofriendly arts practice. This workshop is co-promoted with LUX et LIBERA, an organization offering workshops and other photographic learning experiences, providing a safe place for experimental approaches and gender affirmation for all, where kindness is valued, and a supportive environment is fundamental.
