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    Posted: 07 January 2014 at 14:25
I have two workshops running at a non-profit art space in Brooklyn, NY. The space is gorgeous environment for shooting tintypes--- it's a 25,000 sq ft old ironworks building with enough natural light to shoot indoors, and a 1/2 acre adjacent sculpture garden. I've been teaching collodion for 2 years, beginning at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, and also hosting shooting days in my studio and private workshops.

Details on my January and February classes are below--- I have one Intro class and two shooting days in 4x5 and 8x10. All of my classes focus on the direct-positive process on trophy aluminum. My classes emphasize the DIY nature of the process, taking about how you can build your own equipment, modify existing cameras, and get started to shoot collodion even without a background in photography. My goal is to make this process accessible and approachable.

INTRO TO TINTYPES

Saturday + Sunday, January 25th and 26th  - 10am - 5pm - $275

In this hands-on workshop you will learn all the steps needed to coat, sensitize, shoot, develop and varnish a 4x5 tintype. Each plate is a one-of-a-kind positive image on blackened tin, there are no negatives or enlargements in the process. There will be 2 antique large format view cameras for shooting outdoors in natural light or indoors using UV studio lights. We will develop using portable darkboxes designed for use in-the-field, and discuss DIY methods for building your own collodion equipment. This class emphasizes the historical and DIY nature of the process, making it approachable to people of all backgrounds who may not have photography experience.



4x5 OPEN STUDIO

Sunday, January 26th  - 10am - 5pm - $140

In this all-day open-shooting workshop, students will be given access to Pioneer Works and collodion equipment to shoot portraits or still-lives of their choosing. One-on-one instruction/assistance will be provided for all participants. Depending on enrollment, students can expect to shoot 2-4 plates.

Each 4x5 plate is a one-of-a-kind positive image on blackened tin, there are no negatives or enlargements in the process. There will be 2 antique large format view cameras for shooting outdoors in natural light or indoors using UV studio lights. We will develop using portable darkboxes designed for use in-the-field, and discuss DIY methods for building your own collodion equipment. 


8x10 OPEN STUDIO

Sunday, February 23rd  - 10am - 5pm - $190

Do you have experience shooting Wet-Plate Collodion and want to scale up to larger formats? This one-day intermediate level course will help you achieve the next level: the 8x10 tintype. You will learn techniques and tricks for 8x10 pouring, developing, fixing and varnishing for direct-positives on metal, with time to shoot 2-3 plates with assistance from the instructor. You will work with three large-format cameras--one studio 8x10, one field 8x10, one 6x6-- using both studio lights and natural sunlight. We will review our work at the end of class, discussing technique, troubleshooting and sourcing/building Collodion equipment.

Located in a 19th-century iron works, Pioneer Works offers a unique setting for shooting Collodion: 25,000 sq feet of interior space, a 40 foot high atrium filled with windows and light, historic exposed brick and timber framing, and an adjacent half-acre sculpture garden. Students are encouraged to bring objects, props, or costumes to construct their images, keeping in mind that surfaces with a lot of contrast or texture work well with the collodion process.


ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR 
ROBYN HASTY is an artist and educator working in sculpture, printmaking and photography. In 2009 she crashed the Venice Biennale on a handmade junk boat with 30 people. In 2011 she was commissioned to paint two murals with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and received a grant to build 12 floating sculptures in Philadelphia with the Miss Rockaway Armada. She has been awarded residencies at The Bronx Museum for the Arts (2013), The Camera Club of New York (2012) and McColl Center for Visual Art (2012) to produce kinetic sculptures coinciding with the Democratic National Convention. Her work has been featured on NPR and in The New York Times. Two years ago she took a workshop to learn Wet-Plate Collodion. Within 3 months she had turned her VW into a portable darkroom and was driving across the country taking tintypes of people living off-the-grid. She teaches in a similar style, bringing bravery down to earth and making it approachable.

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