Polaroids! With Jo, Emilie, Gilbert, Holly, and Jam. July 2013 Holly working in the dark tent for Emulsion Transfers Emulsion Lifts Emilie’s Emulsion Lift of Emilie, slightly singed More of Emilie’s emulsion transfers POLAROIDS! Hundreds of them! First Emulsion Transfer of the day. We ran our VERY FIRST workshop at The Analogue Lab’s new home…
It’s about 7 o’clock in the evening and we’re making stuff at The Lab. Andrew’s over there building a portable darkroom (minilab, he calls it) for making wet plates in the field, and tinkering. Last time I glanced over he was yanking something with a pair of pliers – I just looked back and it’s…
Our friend Andrew Dearman is a genius. Like a proper one, with all the brain smarts and things. Andrew lectures in Art History and Theory at all three of Adelaide’s art schools (The South Australian School of Art, Adelaide College of the Arts & Central School of Art) but somehow I got through all of…
A New Lab (time to play) In March 2013 The Analogue Laboratory relocated to The Mill, an arts hub located in the heart of Adelaide City itself. After two months of construction and a whirlwind fundraising campaign, The Lab is bigger, better, shinier, and we’re itchy to get back into making things. Get on board…
Buying Gyprock and Pine at Bunnings A great big pile of the stuff in the studio. First stud wall Nail Guns certainly speed up the process hanging plasterboard in the large darkroom Plastering the dang stuff Sink installed in the small darkroom, complete with happy face Large darkroom plastered and sanded, with light-tight vent holdes…
First test, weeds in the back garden (Alex Bishop-Thorpe) More Roadworks in Bowden (Alex Bishop-Thorpe) Rose Bush (Alex Bishop-Thorpe) by Andrew Dearman, at the Workshop Conroys Smallgoods (not sure who took this one, negative left behind) Tree, by Nina Bosco Another by Nina Bosco On the 20th of January we hosted…
First successful Tintype at the lab, Saturday the 8th of December. We ran a wet plate Collodion workshop in June with Alice Blanch and James Tylor, who popped over from Tasmania to do us the honour. Since then the equipment and an awful lot of silver has all been sitting waiting for idle hands and…
Pinholes, Polaroids and Plastic Lenses Summer is here and it’s time to play! Three new workshops at the lab suitable for for everybody, from wet-process beginners to the curious tinkers who might like to muck about with a new material or toy. All heaped with plenty of tea, coffee and good food to keep you…
