Workshops in Montana 7079 Hwy 83 Condon MT 59826 800-922-5255
Call to inquire about your event - (800) 922-5255 or email: sherry@photoformulary.com
September 9-14, 2012
The Gum-Platinum Print and Making Digital Negatives with QTR - Kerik Kouklis
Call to inquire (800) 922-5255 - email: sherry@photoformulary.com
During this intensive 5-day workshop you will begin by learning to make high quality digital negatives using the Quad Tone RIP (QTR) program and Epson printers. You will learn how to calibrate and control this powerful tool in an easy and straightforward way. We will then cover in detail the making of fine platinum/palladium prints from the negatives you make during the workshop or from pre-existing large format or digital negatives. The platinum/palladium process is quite easy to learn and Kerik's casual and friendly teaching style will have you making excellent prints almost from the start. Then you will learn to use gum bichromate overprinting to stretch the medium into a new realm. Adding one or more layers of gum bichromate over a platinum print will result in a final print with added depth and richness and endless possibilities of color to enhance the emotional impact of the image. Once mastered, many printers find it difficult to go back to the straight platinum process for their work. While previous experience in any of the alternative processes is helpful, it isn't a prerequisite to attend this workshop. Each student should provide negatives no larger than 8x10 as well as high quality scans or digital camera files that will be made into digital negatives. You can also scan negatives during the workshop, but this uses up valuable time. Be prepared to take your work in a new direction and never look back. This process is lots of fun and soon becomes addictive.
Bring your previous printing skills, but be willing to try new approaches as well.
Bringing your own laptop is preferred but if not possible please contact us.
Tuition: $895.00
Biography: Kerik Kouklis is a fine art photographer drawn to the landscape. Born and raised in California with a background in music and geology, Kerik combines a contemporary eye with 19th century processes to produce work that is uniquely his own. Using digital cameras, roll film cameras and very large view cameras, he often explores obscure, little-known places where he makes images that can be at once calm and unsettling. Kerik has become highly skilled and respected practitioner of the platinum/palladium process and the combined gum-platinum process. For the past 5 years he has also incorporated the wet plate collodion process in his work. Kerik has been teaching workshops in these processes since 1997, both in his home studio and at various locations around the US, Canada and the UK. His work is currently represented by galleries and by art dealers in California, Connecticut and New York.
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