Description

Caffenol-C Film Processing Workshop

September 25, 1pm EST

Ticket: $50/person

Want to learn more sustainable film processing possibilities?! Join Melanie King and Big Day Film Collective for this informative and hands-on workshop to learn how to process your film with coffee and other easy to find household products!

This workshop is presented as a fundraiser for BDFC in conjunction with the exhibition Ancient Light, Melanie King will be conducting a remote and in-person caffenol film development workshop.

Join Melanie King for this online caffenol workshop!

Participants will learn how to make a photographic developer from coffee for black and white photographic film and paper. During the workshop you’ll be taught how to make caffenol-c (coffee, vitamin-c powder, soda crystals and salt) film and paper developer). You will be led through the process of developing film.

What you’ll need:

Participants will need to have a 35mm/120mm Ilford HP5 (or equivalent) film that they have shot ahead of the session.

Film will need to be loaded in film tank before workshop

• Materials Needed:
  – For Caffenol:
  • Instant Coffee,
  • Vitamin-C powder / fizzy Vitamin C tablets,
  • soda crystals (Arm & Hammer Soda Crystals),
  • salt (Supermarket)
• Photographic Fixer. (You can also use household salt to make a fixer but this will need to be left for over 24 hours.)
• Equipment Needed:
  – Shot Film already loaded in the tank
  – Film Developing Tank
  – Room that can be made dark or changing bag.
  – Measuring Jugs (Please make sure to use these measuring jugs only for photography, and do not re-use them for food)