CONNECTIONS – AN EXHIBITION OF CARBON TRANSFER PRINTS on metal glass and paper

REFINERY GALLERY NELSON 15TH APRIL-11TH MAY 2024

A exhibition of framed carbon prints.

Connections

References the link to the Victorian era, the chosen subjects and the historical printing process

Carbon Transfer Printing, one of the earliest photographic processes dating back to the 1860s, that provided the first permanent printing methods.  This technique requires an enormous amount of patience and time with the expectation of few “successes”.  I saw my first monochrome Carbon Print made by Stuart Clook of stones.   I was struck by the extraordinary sense of depth the print showed and the range of subtle tones.  I was determined to try this technique out.  This has been a long learning process with help and encouragement by email from Stuart Clook Christchurch Photographer and expert in 19th century photographic print making processes, Ellie Young practicing artist and teacher of alternative photographic processes, and Founder and Director of Gold Street Studios in Melbourne, the centre for alternative photographic print processes in Australia and New Zealand, and from the book  “Carbon Transfer Printing, authored by Sandy King, Don Nelson and John Lockhart – my go to bible.

Recently  using aluminium as a final support-as sublimated gold, silver and bronze which gives a unique added dimension to the final work