Under The Hood! C19th Tintype Photography Workshop

2 day workshop with Bill Moseley

Learn the technique of this historic process, known as ‘wet plate collodion’. Perfected by Frederic Scott Archer in 1851, this is the technique used by Beaufoy Merlin in the creation of the renowned ‘Holtermann Collection ‘ of gold rush portraits from the 1870’s, which were found in a Chatswood garden shed in 1951. We will be using black enamelled aluminium to achieve a variation of this process, known as ‘tin type’. Students will create at least two finished tintypes.

All materials supplied. Apron recommended.