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Printing with Copper: The Cuprotype Process

Step into a nineteenth-century photographic printing method that uses copper salts to make richly toned images. Learn to move from digital negatives through chemistry, coating, exposure, and precise toning for stability and color control. Pick up techniques such as ferroblending to grow your palette from warm golds to deep purples and refined neutrals.

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  • 8 hours over 4 sessions

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Discover cuprotype, an elegant nineteenth-century photographic printing technique that employs copper salts to generate beautifully nuanced prints with exceptional tonal depth. Like cyanotype, cuprotype relies on ferric ammonium citrate as its light-sensitive activator, making it equally practical to learn. What distinguishes cuprotype is its capability for extensive chemical toning, allowing you to develop a diverse color spectrum that includes warm golds, delicate pinks, rich copper hues, deep violets, and neutral tones.

This online course combines lectures, hands-on demonstrations, and collaborative discussions to lead you systematically through every stage of the cuprotype process. You will explore creating digital negatives, preparing chemical solutions, preparing paper surfaces, determining proper exposure times, and executing clearing and toning procedures to achieve both archival stability and desired chromatic effects. The course also introduces ferroblending, a creative hybrid methodology that integrates multiple photographic printing techniques. Upon completion, you will possess the fundamental competencies needed to independently continue producing cuprotype prints with confidence and skill.

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

  • In the event a student must cancel their registration for a workshop, they may do so any time before and up to 15 business days prior to the workshop start date, and will receive an 85% refund.
  • In the event a student must cancel attendance from a workshop within 15 business days prior to the start of the workshop this will be considered a withdrawal and the student will receive a 50% refund.
  • A withdrawal made within 4 business days of a class will NOT be entitled to any refund.

Please provide us with as much advance notice as possible for consideration. Beyond this, we cannot be held responsible for any cancellations outside of our control.

Unless otherwise stated, classes need a minimum of three students to run. In the off chance that a class is cancelled due to low enrollment, you will be refunded 100% of your tuition. Tuition costs for cancelled workshops can also be transferred to other classes or workshops.

We are not responsible for any non-refundable travel costs (such as airfare, train tickets or accommodation costs). If you are traveling long distances or from out of state, we advise you to consider purchasing travel insurance as workshops may be cancelled or postponed due to low registration or other unforeseen circumstances.

Due to the intensive nature of our workshops, we cannot offer makeup sessions outside of workshop time or in future workshops. Instructors are not required to bring students up to date during scheduled workshop time for missed days or lateness.

Refunds will not be given for absences or no shows. *This includes any illness or absence related to Covid 19.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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Penumbra Foundation

The Penumbra Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing workshops, education, lectures, and events to the worldwide photographic community. They aim to be a comprehensive resource for photographers of all levels and to promote the impact of photography on culture, history, and the arts.

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