Course instructor Caio Simbula
This course is for photographers and printmakers already working with cyanotypes and/or alternative photographic processes who want a repeatable and calibrated negative workflow in their photographic printmaking techniques. In this course, we go over the use of SaltPrint software for the creation of test charts, utilizing premade LUTs and curves, creating our own custom curves for various alternative printmaking processes, to make calibrated image negatives ready for exposing to the final print medium. This method works for any photographic printmaking technique - it’s not limited to cyanotype prints.
When
Fri 23 Oct, 16:00-21:00
Sat 24 Oct, 10:30-16:30
Sun 25 Oct, 10:30-16:30
Where Graphics Dept. near the Analog Photo Lab., Mårbackagatan 5C, Hus H
Cost 4375 kr (incl. MOMS, payable via SWISH to instructor), + Workshop Rental Fees 34 kr/hr or 166 kr/day + 25% MOMS (payable to KKV via invoice). NOTE: Non-members pay double the Workshop Rental Fees
Number of Participants 3
Language The course will be held in English
Course Objective
1) Exposure tests
a. SaltPrint Exposure Ladder - Test print to determine proper exposure time with the widest tonal range
b. SaltPrint Tonal Scale Test - Determines the best color to create negative
2) Calibration curves
a. SaltPrint Test Target - used to create custom calibrated curve for a particular print process
b. Test Target print read into SaltPrint Curve Builder Wizard, when completely dry, to create customized curve
3) Calibrated prints
a. The final results from test prints and curve creation, prints
Required Materials
Please bring the following items:
- A digital image to print (up to size A4) on a thumb drive or hard drive (USB-A, USB-C, Thunderbolt 3 or 4 connections)
- Papers to coat, preferably acid-free watercolor papers, but you are free to experiment.
- Note: acid-free papers will be more archival than other types of paper
- Smoother papers will reveal finer photographic details
- The max image area for this workshop will be up to size A4
Optional Materials
The following items would be helpful to you:
• Brush (with no metal parts), so that you don’t have to wait your turn for a brush
- Haké or sponge brush (available at many art supply stores)
• Plastic container (cleaned/washed ice cream or yogurt container for chemistry)
• Rubber or latex gloves to keep hands clean from chemistry
• Apron (or your art/work clothing you don’t care about getting stained)
• Clear glasses (to protect eyes in case of splash)
• If you have your own laptop, install SaltPrint (https://stevefabiani.com/available for both Mac and Windows, also available from Apple App Store) and bring laptop to workshop
Cancellation Policy
The course fee is paid in advance one week before the course starts. If you are unable to attend, please notify the instructor as soon as possible so that someone else may take your spot. If cancellation is made later than 7 days before the course starts, the full course fee and workshop rental will be charged.
Hailing from San Francisco, CA, Caio Simbula has had a wide and varied career in the visual arts, having worked in the graphic arts, packaging, photography, television, film, and gaming industries. Graduating in 2018 with an MFA in Cinema, he's had work screen at Santa Cruz International Film Festival, SF Docfest, SF Noise Pop Festival, as well as broadcast on PBS, and taught filmmaking courses at San Francisco State University. Here in Stockholm, he's worked on Film and TV projects for both streaming and theatrical release, including projects that have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Now, he's gone full-circle and returned to the world of still images where he's exploring hybrid digital-analog printmaking methods in both traditional black and white silver-gelatin based printing as well as cyanotypes.
https://caiofilm.com/cyanotypes/