FotoWeek DC at Multiple Exposures Gallery: Technique Demonstrations

Planning your FotoWeek DC schedule? Mark November 10th as a night to visit the Torpedo Factory Arts Center in Old Town Alexandria for demonstrations of two fantastic alternative photography processes by members of Multiple Exposures Gallery (MEG). 

Danny Conant and Colleen Henderson kick things off on November 10th at 7:15 in the Target Gallery with image transfers using DASS Super Sauce. At 8:15, the action moves upstairs to MEG's space on the third floor where Sandy LeBrun-Evans and Louise Noakes will give a lesson on image transfers using Purell hand sanitizer.

While your calendars are out, mark one more date. On November 17th at 7:30 p.m., join MEG member Janet Matthews at Multiple Exposures Gallery for a demonstration of making cyanotypes, a 19th century process that's still used today to make unique photographic prints.

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Demonstration Schedule: 
          November 10
                 Image Transfers Using DASS Super Sauce
                 7:15 pm, Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
                Image Transfers Using Purell Hand Sanitizer
                8:15 pm, MEG, Studio 312, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
         November 17
                19th Century Processes: Making Cyanotypes
                7:30 pm, MEG, Studio 312, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA

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Demonstration Descriptions:

Image Transfers using DASS Super Sauce

Using DASS Super Sauce solution, Danny Conant and Colleen Henderson will demonstrate how, using your own digital photo files, you can easily and simply make unique image transfers onto an assortment of receptor surfaces, including artist papers, wood panels, and a specialty paper called "DASS Stone Paper."

DASS stone paper (made from limestone and resin) allows you to create image transfer effects that are very similar to the Polaroid emulsions transfers which were popular prior to the demise of Polaroid film products.  

 

Image Transfers Using Purell Hand Sanitizer

Learn how to transfer your images onto beautiful printmaking papers and fabrics. You won't believe what a little hand sanitizer can do to produce this very unique visual effect.

19th Century Processes: Making Cyanotypes

The cyanotype process, also known as the blueprint process, was one of the early methods used to make photographic images. It was invented in 1842 by astronomer John Herschel in an attempt to create a method for copying his notes.

Cyanotype printing is one of the easiest and safest ways to make photographs by hand. Just a few ingredients, paper, two chemicals, ultraviolet light (such as the sun) and water, are needed to create unique photographic prints. We will demonstrate the process and look at some contemporary approaches used with this historic process.