We have prepared a mercury daguerreotype workshop for April 25-26, taught by Joaquín Paredes at our studio in Cáceres.
It is a workshop in which we will learn everything necessary for the elaboration of accelerated daguerreotype plates (sensitized with iodine and bromine) revealed by means of mercury vapours.
You can reserve your place in the following link: Mercury daguerreotype workshop
We will start from scratch: We will leark how to polish and prepare the copper and brass plates. How to silver-plate our own plates. We will sensitize, develop, fix and guild the daguerrotypes. And we will finally learn howo to case and preserve the plates.
The workshop is two full days:
First morning:
- History and theory of the daguerreotype process.
- Preparation of a copper or brass plate: Cutting, polishing, cleaning, preparation of the silver plating solution, voltages...
- Silver polishing.
- Sensitizing
- Exposure, development and fixing
First afternoon and morning of the second day:
- The students will make the complete process from a 4×5″ (10x12cm) plate (already silver plated): Polishing, sensitizing, taking the picture, developing and fixing.
- Each student will make 4 plates and they will take home two of them.
Last afternoon:
- We will see and analyze the results of the workshop and seal the plates.
The price of the workshop including the necessary materials is 500 euros and you can sign up at the following link: Mercurial daguerreotypes workshop
If you have any questions you can contact us at jparepir@gmail.com or info@analoginside.com
Also on the phone 678409142
Cancellation conditions:
- In cancellations with less than 20 days from the date of the workshop, 50% of the workshop fee will be refunded.
- In cancellations with less than 7 days from the date of the workshop will not be refunded.