WORKSHOP: Introduction to Mordançage

June 7th & 8th, 2025   •   10am to 4pm each day 

Instructor: Brittonie Fletcher

Registration Fee
VCP Members: $450
Non-Members: $500
(Limit of 5 participants)

Details

This two day workshop will introduce you to the Mordançage process. Initially created to apply as a film reversal process and was later named the ‘Etch/bleach’ process. Known for ‘the veils’ – an expressive use of the emulsion to create unique prints ranging from diaphanous to apocalyptic. This process has much more to offer in terms of depth, techniques, and creative choices. You will learn to print for the process and manage workflow and materials to successful application and troubleshooting and learning to ‘go with the flow’ managing unexpected results. Artists will learn to apply expressive new approaches to their silver gelatin prints.

Throughout the course, students will have the opportunity to learn the following techniques; etch/bleach, the veils, Dépouillement, redevelopment, toning, oxidation and archival concerns and treatments.  We will cover technical basics – from darkroom review, for those who need it, image selection for printing using an updated version of the chemical process. Students are encouraged to bring their own film negatives to print from.

Instructor Bio

Brittonie Fletcher (MFA) is a British-American artist, educator and curator who has exhibited internationally and her work has been published with Focal/Rutledge Press and Random House as well as other publications online and in print. Her work can be found in collections such as the Preus Museum: Norwegian National Museum of Photography and the National Library of Scotland and several of the Alternative Process series edited by Christian Z Anderson including Salted Paper, Cyanotype Tonine and the book on Vandyke, Argyrotype and Kallitype. Previous teaching appointments have included the Royal College of Art (London England)as Media Instructor, Program creator and tutor at Stills Centre for Photography (Edinburgh, Scotland) and Innovation lab instructor at Fairfield University (CT USA).. She is current faculty at the Penumbra Foundation in New York, USA. This is her second course at Vermont Center for Photography and her first in person. She is very exicted to bring mordançage to VCP

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