#contactprinting

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Blue lotus with pink and orange om, light yellow-violet style

Lotus Flower Tattoo #lotus #handdrawn #om #pinkandorange #colorgradient #engravedornaments #highresolution #contactprinting

[lightriderstudios]

we’re making it easy on you… take advantage of our prep-work by signing up for our Arts Alive! workshop 13 Aug to make lumen & cyanotype prints and complete these pinhole cameras… #diyphotography #analogphotography #materialprep #makingiteasyonyou #contactprinting #lightdrawing #oldfashioned (at The Arts Center - Corvallis, OR) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgxXKOjvr_M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[irisfieldhouse]

Cineworks recently published a great interview with Iris Film Collective member Amanda Thomson discussing the Bolex camera and its use as a contact printer. Some may recall Amanda had a workshop on this topic planned just as the pandemic hit, which was sadly cancelled.

You can see the full interview at joincineworks.square.site/resources, where they have also made available a downloadable interview package with an index and more illustrations and instruction. Check it out, inspiring stuff!

[irisfilmcollective]

Cineworks recently published a great interview with Iris Film Collective member Amanda Thomson discussing the Bolex camera and its use as a contact printer. Some may recall Amanda had a workshop on this topic planned just as the pandemic hit, which was sadly cancelled. 

You can see the full interview at joincineworks.square.site/resources, where they have also made available a downloadable interview package with an index and more illustrations and instruction. Check it out, inspiring stuff!

[studio-hb-blog1]

Finally getting started with my eco printing. This year it’s going to be all about textures and skipping the ironing. I will be moving on to linens and cotton. Shout out to #enjoyshelburnefalls , your adorable dresses will be done soon! #ecoprinted #ecoprintingonfabric #contactprinting #silkscarves https://www.instagram.com/p/CBslElmHbbs/?igshid=a6mv28jpgajv

[irisfieldhouse]

NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Cineworks and Iris Film Collective present  

Printing in a Bolex with Amanda Thomson  

Saturday March 14 10am-3pm   Limited space, sign up HERE  

Iris Film Collective member Amanda Thomson will guide participants through the process of making a 16mm black and white print using a Bolex camera.   The ability to make prints is a fundamental part of working with film that is often glossed over in handmade film practices. It allows one to turn a negative image into a positive one while keeping camera originals safe from the wear and tear of running through a projector. Making a print also eliminates the need for the bleach used in reversal processing. Traditional printing methods can be complex and intimidating, whereas using a Bolex provides an approachable and portable way of printing film. It can also open the possibility of double exposure, by allowing one to shoot an image while creating the print. This workshop will cover these concepts as well as the basics of winding film, loading a Bolex, and bucket processing. Participants will leave with a hand-processed 50 foot film print. Participants are invited to bring their own 16mm black + white film to make a print from. This film should not be longer than 50 feet (half of a daylight spool) otherwise it will need to be cut down. If the original is a negative, the workshop will result in a positive print. If the source is a positive the outcome with be a negative print. If participants do not have black + white film to print, found footage will be provided. Coming into this workshop, participants should already feel comfortable handling motion picture film. Though it is not necessary, it would be helpful to have experience loading a Bolex camera and hand processing film.

Note that some of the workshop will happen in complete darkness. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch! Instructor Bio: Amanda Thomson is a filmmaker, presenter and facilitator who was born, raised and currently lives in the unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, commonly known as Vancouver BC. She is drawn to film by its tactile qualities and by its shifting nature in grain and cultural significance. She studied Film Video and Integrated Media at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design receiving a Bachelor of Media Arts in 2009. In 2014 she helped form the Iris Film Collective who have a field house residency through the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. Her films have screened in festivals, on beaches and everywhere in between including at the Space Centre in Vancouver, Antimatter in Victoria, CROSSROADS at the San Francisco Cinematheque, as part of the Avant Garde Film Week at Yale University and in the Contre Courant Festival & Symposium in Montreal.

[irisfilmcollective]

NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Cineworks and Iris Film Collective present  

Printing in a Bolex with Amanda Thomson  

Saturday March 14 10am-3pm   Limited space, sign up HERE  

Iris Film Collective member Amanda Thomson will guide participants through the process of making a 16mm black and white print using a Bolex camera.   The ability to make prints is a fundamental part of working with film that is often glossed over in handmade film practices. It allows one to turn a negative image into a positive one while keeping camera originals safe from the wear and tear of running through a projector. Making a print also eliminates the need for the bleach used in reversal processing. Traditional printing methods can be complex and intimidating, whereas using a Bolex provides an approachable and portable way of printing film. It can also open the possibility of double exposure, by allowing one to shoot an image while creating the print. This workshop will cover these concepts as well as the basics of winding film, loading a Bolex, and bucket processing. Participants will leave with a hand-processed 50 foot film print. Participants are invited to bring their own 16mm black + white film to make a print from. This film should not be longer than 50 feet (half of a daylight spool) otherwise it will need to be cut down. If the original is a negative, the workshop will result in a positive print. If the source is a positive the outcome with be a negative print. If participants do not have black + white film to print, found footage will be provided. Coming into this workshop, participants should already feel comfortable handling motion picture film. Though it is not necessary, it would be helpful to have experience loading a Bolex camera and hand processing film. 

Note that some of the workshop will happen in complete darkness. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch! Instructor Bio: Amanda Thomson is a filmmaker, presenter and facilitator who was born, raised and currently lives in the unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, commonly known as Vancouver BC. She is drawn to film by its tactile qualities and by its shifting nature in grain and cultural significance. She studied Film Video and Integrated Media at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design receiving a Bachelor of Media Arts in 2009. In 2014 she helped form the Iris Film Collective who have a field house residency through the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. Her films have screened in festivals, on beaches and everywhere in between including at the Space Centre in Vancouver, Antimatter in Victoria, CROSSROADS at the San Francisco Cinematheque, as part of the Avant Garde Film Week at Yale University and in the Contre Courant Festival & Symposium in Montreal.

[irisfieldhouse]

What a perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon, Amanda Thomson gave us all a tour of the Fieldhouse darkroom and edit space, and then got down to the nitty gritty of contact printing cine-film using a Bolex for her recent projects. Keep your eyes open for a full fledged workshop in the coming year...

Thanks all for making it out, and see you tomorrow for the Iris Film Collective Holiday Super 8 Potluck Open House at 3pm Sunday Dec 15, 545 N Slocan.