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The Mask Series
In the summer of 2013, Shane Balkowitsch invited John Brewer and myself to participate in The Mask Series. The project, probably the largest of it’s kind, involved 101 wetplate artists from all over...
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New Studio Space
As of October, the Victorian Photographer is sharing new studio space in Compstall with Rabbit Hole Studios, a photographic partnership run and owned by Martina Jones and Lewis David Oldham. Martina...
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Silver Gelatin Workshops led by Lewis Oldham at Rabbit Hole Studios
Kate recently had the opportunity to trial a two-day Silver Gelatin workshop run by Lewis David Oldham at Rabbit Hole Studios at Compstall Mill, Stockport. Lewis has comprehensive knowledge of the...
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Soldering on… a blog in which John converts a bi-pole flash connector into a...
Having acquired a new lens earlier this year, John found that he couldn’t use flash, as the lens didn’t have a PC socket. Instead, it had a bi-pole flash connector. Asking for help on Facebook,...
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Adventures in Hand Tinting Wet Collodion Images at Rabbit Hole Studios
By Kate Horsley Brewer and Martina Jones We’ve recently been conducting some experiments into the art of hand-tinting wet collodion plates at Rabbit Hole Studios. These began by setting up a still...
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Toyo Metal Field 4 3/4″ x 6 1/2″ Sakai Special Camera
Recently I bought a Toyo Metal Field 4 3/4″ x 6 1/2″ (half plate) camera manufactured by Sakai Special Camera Manufacturing Co. These cameras were made between 1963 and 1975 and are lightweight...
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Making Polaroid Emulsion Lifts
Over the last few months, we’ve been taking a lot of Polaroids with both Polaroid 600 and Polaroid SX-70 cameras. We’ve made most of these into emulsion lifts, a process which seems fiddly and...
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Wet Cyanotypes
We’ve been using the Lockdown to make a lot of photograms and one of the processes we’ve been experimenting with is the Wet Cyanotype process. A forgiving process that as much resembles the plot of...
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Chorlton Arts Festival
John and I are very excited to be putting on an exhibition of our art from April 29th – May 29th, 2022 in Barlow Hall, Manchester as part of the 20th Anniversary Chorlton Arts Festival. We’ll be...
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A4 Studios Maker’s Market
We’ll have a stall of handmade art at the A4 Studios Christmas Makers Market in Altrincham, November 12-13. John will be selling some of his new gum bichromate prints. Kate will be selling tintype...
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