I have the following info forwarded from Mike Ware, which I share
(shareWare?) for the general interest... He writes, "the course is already
pretty full, so anyone seriously interested should act immediately."
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:44:50 +0100
From: Mike Ware <mike@mikeware.demon.co.uk>
To: jseigel@panix.com
Subject: CSU Pt/Pd Workshop
>PLATINUM and PALLADIUM PRINTING:
>A NEW APPROACH
>
>A Summer Workshop
>with
>PRADIP MALDE and MIKE WARE
>
>June 28 through July 11, 1998
>
>1998 CSU Summer Arts , hosted by California State University, Long Beach
>
>Often referred to as the finest and most permanent of photographic
>processes, the methods of platinum / palladium printing have remained
>fundamentally the same since it was first formulated by William Willis
>in the 1880's. For the last fifteen years, an updated process has become
>available, which provides a safer and more efficient use of chemicals,
>greater consistency of production, and higher image resolution than more
>traditional methods. This modernized process, referred to as the
>‘Ammonium System' also renders print-out, whereby the image actually
>appears during exposure. The end result is a radiant print with silken
>tones and fine detail - qualities which have been historically expected
>of the platinum print but rarely achieved.
>
>Course Description
>The course will present this entirely new, state of the art approach to
>platinum-palladium printing, given by its inventors, Mike Ware and
>Pradip Malde. Every aspect of this method will be covered: the history
>and theory of all types of the process; specific negative making for the
>medium; the chemistry involved and how it differs from older methods;
>paper requirements; coating techniques; dedicated equipment; methods of
>processing, finishing, presentation; how the medium can be adjusted to
>suit the requirements of each participant. Aesthetic and technical
>exploration will be encouraged. Most importantly, the course will
>emphasize the aesthetic possibilities of platinum work and how the
>medium can be manipulated to suit each participant. The balance between
>art and science, between aesthetic and technical concerns, is an
>overarching concern for its teachers. A holistic approach to advanced
>photographic expression i.e. a melding of critical thinking, technical
>awareness, and creative expression is the goal. The participants will
>come away with a new aesthetic and technical resource at their command.
>
>Activities will include lectures, slide discussions, print
>presentations, demonstrations, hands-on studio work under close
>supervision by the guest artists, individual and group critiques. New
>Cyanotype and Argyrotype will be taught as preparation for platinum
>work. A final exhibition of prints in the CSU Long Beach Art Gallery
>will conclude the course. All necessary materials and equipment for
>making platinum-palladium prints will be supplied. Students must supply
>their own view camera equipment.
>
>Guest Artists
>
>MIKE WARE <http://www.mikeware.demon.co.uk>, who for many years
>researched and lectured in chemistry at the University of Manchester,
>now devotes full time to the science, history, and art of alternative
>photographic processes. In 1990 Dr. Ware received the Hood Medal from
>the Royal Photographic Society, <http://www.rps.org>, of which he is a
>fellow, for "research which has perfected formulae for iron-based gold
>printing sensitizers." In addition to his work with Pradip Malde in
>reworking the platinum-palladium process, he is the inventor of the New
>Cyanotype (a much improved version of the traditional blueprint)
><http://www.mikeware.demon.co.uk/cyano.html>; Argyrotype (a new
>print-out version of the Van Dyck Brown process)
><http://www.mikeware.demon.co.uk/argy.html>; and the Chrysotype (gold
>print) <http://www.mikeware.demon.co.uk/gold.html>. He has lectured and
>exhibited his photographic work extensively in Britain and Europe, and
>has recently appeared on the BBC Television series "The Chemistry of
>Creativity. "
>
>PRADIP MALDE <http://www.sewanee.edu/malde> is currently Professor and
>Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Sewanee, the University of the
>South <http://www.sewanee.edu> in Tennessee. His photographs have been
>widely exhibited in Europe and the United States, with one-person shows
>in London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, New York,
>Atlanta, and Sacramento. Years of involvement with the Imogen
>Cunningham Trust included making platinum prints from her negatives,
>curating exhibitions of her work in the U.S. and Europe, and authoring
>the book "The Poetry of Form." His latest exhibition "Prayer and
>Despair" - consisting of images made in Japan, India, Russia, Honduras,
>Jamaica, and America - is currently touring Britain and Europe. The
>essentials of his research in platinumpalladium printing, along with
>examples of his photography appear in his article "New Solutions For
>Platinum Printers" in the September/October 1994 issue of View Camera
>Magazine <http://www.viewcamera.com/>.
>
>Course Coordinator Course Number and Credits
>Roger Vail Undergraduate credit: ART 488,
>section 1, 3 units
>Art Department Graduate credit: Art 688,
>section 1, 3 units
>CSU Sacramento
>6000 J Street
>Sacramento, CA 95819-6061
> Phone: (916) 278-7512
> Fax: (916) 278-7287
>E-mail: rvail@csus.edu
>
>Who Should Apply
>This course is for students with intermediate to advanced skills in
>black and white photography with experience in view camera technique,
>
>How To Apply
>Slides of prior photographic work are preferred but not required.
>Deadline for submission of materials to the Course Coordinator is June
>1, 1998. Deadlines are occasionally extended. Please contact the Course
>Coordinator regarding submitting an application after the deadline
>date. Submit the Registration Form and payment of all fees directly to
>the CSU Summer Arts Registration Office
>
>Course Materials Fee
> $100. All materials and equipment needed for platinum-palladium
>printing will be provided.
>
>See Our Web Page
>http://www.calstate.edu/summerarts
>Course Schedule for " Platinum and Palladium Printing: A New Approach "
>Guest Artists: Pradip Malde and Mike Ware
>Course Coordinator: Roger Vail
>Class meetings 9 -12, 1-4; open studio 5-10 pm weekdays
>FA3-104; Smaller darkroom next to 104; FA3-112; FA4-311 (Art Hist rm
>available after 12:30)
>
>Sun. June 28
>CSU Summer Arts Barbeque, 5:30 pm
>Mon. June 29
>9 am Registration check-in, Administration Bldg.
>am
>Introductions; get acquainted session in which everyone (faculty &
>students) present work
>presentation of faculty work in gallery
>slide presenation: historical and contemporary survey of alt. proc
>pm
>Discussion of specific negative making for the process
>PMK-1 Pyro
>Gordon Hutchings' text
>Film dev and shooting for processes first week (assuming students know
>view cam.)
>Standardize exp & dev FP4+ 12 min pyro
>Shooting assignments to produce negatives suitable for platinum printing
>(encourage interaction with other wkshps, use as subject matter)
>General discussion of alternative photographic processes and procedures
>chemistry involved and how these methods differ from older versions
>methods of processing,
>setting up for the processes, equip, supplies, procedures, formulas
>hand coating techniques
>equipment needed and what can be constructed by the user
>Discussion of paper requirements and specific papers to use
>Safety issues, working environments covered
>Tues. June 30
>am
>New Cyanotype - lecture, demonstration
>pm
>practice
>Wed. July 1
>am
>Argyrotype - lecture, demonstration
>CSU Summer Arts Barbeque, 12:30 - 1:30
>pm
>practice
>Thurs. July 2
>am
>Platinum palladium - lecture, demonstration
>pm
>practice
>non-traditional possibilities, such as photograms
>how the medium can be tailored to suit the requirements of each
>participant
>Fri. July 3
>Daily class critiques of work in progress
>individual critiques and problem solving
>Sat. July 4
>open studio
>9am - 4pm
>
>Sun. July 5
>no class or studio
>CSU Summer Arts Barbeque, 5:30 pm
>Mon. July 6 - Fri. July 10
>Supervised studio work
>Daily class critiques of work in progress
>individual critiques and problem solving
>Preparation of individual final portfolios of work
>Develop portfolio
>finishing, and presentation
>Preparation of final exhibition of class work in galleries B and C
>Preparation of web site
>Mon. July 6
>6:30 pm:
>Guest Artist Lectures, open to the public
>Golden Means, by Mike Ware
>Synopsis: "My title may be read in three ways, each reflecting a
>different strand woven into the lecture: the first reading is the
>symbolic meaning of gold itself, in the alchemists' mystical view of the
>metal as the mineral embodiment of the sun's light; the second reading
>is the use of gold as a means to an end, where chemical technology
>enables the making of photographic prints in colloidal gold; the third
>reading is the Golden Mean as a harmonious proportion of classical art,
>which denotes a concern with form and structure, as well as content,
>within the contemporary photograph. Thus history, chemistry, and
>aesthetics each have a role in binding together disparate aspects of
>technology and art into the unique hybrid that is photography."
>Gold-Making: three paths, by Pradip Malde
>Synopsis: "The lecture will review my primary artistic investigations
>over the last
>nine years, each one culminating in an exhibition: "Memory, Balance,
>Love"
> in 1990; "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" in 1994; and "Prayer and
>Despair" in 1997. I'll be talking about the close relationship between
>technology, vision and expression; the place of the artist in
>contemporary
>society; the relevance of one cultural reference set to members of
>another
>culture; and the issue of teaching and learning in the visual arts."
>Tues. July 7
>5:30 pm
>"Pizza Night"
>Wed. July 8
>11:00 - 4:30
>Getty Museum class visit to view historic platinum work in the
>collection: Emerson, F. Evans, Stieglitz, Steichen, White, Kasebier,
>Strand, Weston, Cunningham, Outerbridge, Ullman, and others.
> Fri. July 10
>4:30
>gallery reception ("culmination") 4:30 pm, (Gallery B or C)
>Sat. July 11
>farewells.
>
> Required reading:
>The Ammonium System: A Contemporary Method For Making Platinum and
>Palladium Prints, by Pradip Malde and Mike Ware; the course manual.
>All the material in the web sites of Mike Ware and Pradip Malde
>The Book of Pyro, by Gordon Hutchings.
>
>Suggested reading:
>New Solutions for Platinum Printers by Pradip Malde; View Camera
>Magazine, Sep/Oct 1994
>The Keepers of Light by William Crawford