The Formulary's Carbon Printing Workshop

Sandy King <sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu> · Sun, 23 Jul 2000 10:16:42 -0400

Just a short report on the carbon workshop in Montana I directed July 
9-14. The workshop went very well and I have finally made it back to 
South Carolina after traversing by car the vast and seemingly endless 
horizons of the midwest and midsouth.

There were seven students at the workshop and my assistant, by a 
great coincidence, had worked for many years in the library at 
Clemson University before moving to Montana where she is now a 
student of photography at MSU. The facilities at Formulary are 
excellent and the students had plenty of space to carry out their 
work. I would also comment that the landscape around Condon is 
spectacular (mountains, valleys, vistas, etc.). The temperature and 
humidity of the working environment was also satisfactory, though on 
two days the outside temperature rose to over 90 degrees and made it 
somewhat difficulty to work in the laboratory in the late pm on those 
days.

The workshop covered all of the elementary aspects of carbon printing 
(making tissue, sensitizing, development of the image, single and 
double transfer, final finishing, etc.) plus some of the essentials 
about making good negatives for carbon printing.  Everyone at the 
workshop managed to make a number of good carbon images, both by the 
single and double transfer process. I could not have been more 
pleased with the overall work of the student and must say that the 
environment and working conditions contributed much to the success of 
the experience.

I have agreed to direct another carbon printing workshop at the 
Formulary in early July 2001. Should you know anyone interested in 
learning or perfecting their skills in carbon printing please pass 
the word.

Sandy King

>On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Sandy King wrote:
>
>  > I have been on the road for the past week and did not have a chance
>  > to reply earlier to your message.
>
>I had guessed as much.
>
>  > I am now here in Montana where the
>  > carbon workshop will start later today. We have a good group of
>  > students (6-7) and hopefully things will go well. I will convey your
>  > comments re: the Formulary web site to Lynn Wilson. However, the
>  > facilities for the workshop are superb, large and spacious with
>  > multiple printing units and huge sink areas. Really everything one
>  > could ask for in terms of arrangements.
>
>Very cool!  I wanted to attend myself, but it didn't work out this year.
>Another time perhaps?
>
>  > Will let you know how it all comes out.
>
>Sounds great!
>
>- Wayde
>   (wallen@boulder.nist.gov)
>
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