Intermediate: Alternative Process: Intro To Platinum/Palladium Printing Workshop

Students will learn how to make a digital negative suited for Platinum/Palladium printing. They will learn chemical safety, proper tools and hardware, how to mix chemistry, how to coat paper, how to expose prints and how to process them. Students will learn about the history of the process, the difference between platinum and palladium, basic troubleshooting techniques, and how to select images that are well suited to these printing methods. $50 materials fee due to the instructor on the first day of class.

In this course students can expect to get hands-on experience with what they need to successfully make platinum/palladium prints. We will use palladium for the process because it is easier to work with as a beginner, but the techniques for either metal are the same. We will cover the basic chemistry, techniques for making digitally enlarged negatives suited to the process, paper selection, proper technique for coating the solution on paper, how to expose and process the print for archival quality. While the class will focus on using digitally enlarged negatives, students who wish to work from in-camera film originals are welcome to do so. This process was developed in the 1880's.

Students should have experience in: Alt Process Survey, Introduction to Large Format, Digital Negatives. After completion of this class, we encourage taking: Advanced Platinum/Palladium Printing, Printing Big, Manipulating Historic Process Prints