The Bristol Folk House is currently renovating and building a new darkroom space for 2023.
It is becoming increasingly useful for artists to have high quality photographic copies of their work, for online exhibition or competition entries, websites or social media. This workshop covers the ...
Starts: Sun 15 September 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA30
Learn the basic fundamentals of traditional black and white darkroom printing. This course includes understanding different photographic papers, how to use an enlarger to make your own photographs and ...
Starts: Mon 16 September 2024, at 14:00
6 Week Course
Course Code: BA32
This course is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless, Compact System or Bridge Cameras only. Your friendly tutor will support you to use your digital camera, making sense of the camera controls and menus. Yo ...
Starts: Fri 20 September 2024, at 10:00
6 Week Course
Course Code: BA34
Using vitamin C tablets and washing soda, you will learn how to make your very own light sensitive chemistry. This can then be applied on to light sensitive materials such as 35mm film to create uniqu ...
Starts: Sat 21 September 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA31
In this workshop, you will be discovering what street photography is, including it's different styles and genres. We will cover understanding the myths around the laws and best guidance on the do's an ...
Starts: Sat 21 September 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA32
This is an experimental workshop where you will use foraged items to create negatives that can be contact printed or enlarged using the equipment in the Folk House Darkroom. Throughout the workshop yo ...
Starts: Sat 05 October 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA33
Cyanotype is an alternative photographic printing process dating back to the 1800s that produces blue prints, typically using coated paper and light. In this workshop, we will be printing our cyanotyp ...
Starts: Sat 12 October 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA34
This workshop is suitable for DSLR, Bridge and Compact System Cameras, not Compact Cameras. Your friendly tutor will support you in using your digital camera, making sense of the camera controls and m ...
Starts: Sun 13 October 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA35
Watergrams allow us to see water from a whole new perspective; using a flash, photographic paper and darkroom chemistry we'll capture the reflections and ripples in water, revealing patterns picked up ...
Starts: Sun 13 October 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA48
Find out how to use plants to make photographic images in this experimental workshop. This style of printmaking is an excellent lesson in slowing down, how to be more eco conscious when making images, ...
Starts: Sat 19 October 2024, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA36
The Bristol Folk House has a brand new, purpose built wet-based photography facility.
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