The New Chrysotype process has tonal and surface qualities and permanence like Platinotype-Palladiotype, but the added feature of beautifully muted colours, controlled by the chemistry and physics of the process.
THE NEW CHRYSOTYPE HISTORY
Herschel’s original gold-printing process of 1842, which he dubbed Chrysotype, encountered difficulties which prevented its adoption into the photographic repertoire. This ‘forgotten’ process was revived by Mike Ware in a novel version in 1987 by means of some sophisticated modern chemistry, which made it both economic and controllable.
This process is one of the many taught at goldstreet studios by Ellie Young who hosted the workshop for IPT members
Left to right: Gale Spring, Lesley Delcourt, Ellie Young, Danielle Edwards and Warrick Attwood with images from the workshop.
Jair Garcia Exhibition
IPT Member Jair Garcia’s exhibition FLOWER CONSTANCY opened at West End Art Space July 19, 2025 the exhibition features images printed in VanDykeBrown on fabric and will continue till August 9, 2025
BIOCOMM 2025
Left to Right. Ray Bundy, Danielle Edwards, Ellie Young, Julie Murray, Annabelle Yeats, John Yeats and Gale Spring
IPT Members Ellie Young, Julie Murray, Danielle Edwards, Gale Spring and Ray Bundy all attended and Ellie Young, Julie Murray, Danielle Edwards, Gale Spring presented the BioCommunications Association BIOCOMM 2025 in Tucson, Arizona, USA May 5-9, 2025
Julie Murray, Danielle Edwards, Gale Spring and John Yeats are all members of AIMBI. John Yeats also presented and was the recipient of a BCA BIOCOMM grant. Australia was well represented
View Camera July, 2025 Online Exhibition
IPT members, Silvi Glattauer, Peter Kinchington and Wendy Currie all had images accepted into the July 2025 View Camera online exhibition curated by David Tatnall
BCA BioImages 2025
Congratulations to IPT members Peter Kinchington and Julie Murray whose images were accepted in the BCA BioImages Exhibition in addition Julie Murray received a Premiere Award.
BCA president James Hayden presents Julie Murray with her BioIamges Premiere Award at BIOCOMM 2025
Photogravure Workshop at Baldessin Press with Silvi Glattauer January 2025
The modern photogravure process starts with a digital image. This is output via an inkjet printer onto a light sensitive photopolymer plate. this is then hardened under UV light, washed, dried then inked. Photogravure is a contact printing process, where the plate is inked then pressed onto a sheet of paper through an etching press – the plate is the same size as the final image. This process does not require a darkroom.
This hands on workshop at Baldessin Press was an engaging hands-on experience where IPT members produced a number of photogravures. Photogravure is a satisfying and creative medium for photographic artists.
Van Dyke Brown Workshop at Goldstreet Studios July 2024
The Van Dyke Brown used in this workshop was similar to the original formula patented by Arndt and Troost in 1895 and based on the first iron-silver process, the argentotype, invented in 1842 by the English astronomer, Sir John Herschel. Photographs were created in beautiful warm brown tones by coating cotton paper with the light sensitive 3 part solution. Exposure to light changes the light sensitive salts to image forming metallic iron & silver.
Van Dyke Brown is a contact printing process – the negative is the same size as the photograph. This process does not require a darkroom.
This hands on workshop at Goldstreet studios was an engaging hands-on experience where IPT members produced a number of photographs.
Cyanotype Workshop - 27 April 2024
Cyanotype was one of the earliest processes in the development of photography, and remains a satisfying creative medium for modern photographic artists.
At the recent IPT Cyanotype workshop Wendy Currie, Cyanotype artist showed participants how to make images from negatives and photograms from found objects.
This workshop was an engaging hands-on experience, involving the participant from the choice and preparation of paper, until the moment the image was revealed. Wendy also showed the group how to achieve a subtle variety of shades with toning chemicals, and the recent development of “wet” cyanotypes. Here is an exhibition of the images created on the workshop day.
