This past weekend I had the excited opportunity to take a wet plate class at Rayko. The whole workshop was intense, too short, and all too addicting. I can really understand why tintypes have gotten so much buzz as of lately. When you see one in person, they are more than what is viewed online or in print. There's more dimension and textures found in tintypes that I encourage any interested to check them out.
Carlos was a wonderful instructor and I have nothing but the highest regards for him and his teaching practices. We started Saturday off by observing the entire process from coating a plate, capture in camera, and development. Sunday we watched how to mix the collodion and later, varnish the plates.
I focused on self-portraits again. I have been very curious about seeing my ideas in wet plate and working with this new medium. If only I had a working darkroom! I worked with the available student 4x5 view cameras and also played with the Holga as well. Both cameras are dedicated to wet plate and the 4x5 film holders are slightly modified to hold wet plates.
My dreams of owning a working wet plate studio and darkroom will have to wait further along but for now space can be rented at Rayko.
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