the idea to embark on this insane experiment in artisanal photography came from when i was working on a module for my degree and the wonderful Adam Clark at Yeovil College decided to show us the new camera he had just purchased. it was actually the same model that we are now working with at something borrowed, from Intrepid Cameras. there’s a portrait I took of Adam in the set below.

at the moment we are working with more traditional film chemicals that you could have bought in boots the chemist a decade ago, but wet plate is an entirely different animal and we will be posting mode details and history of that process in the future.

in the meantime, here are some of the plates that we produced in our first faltering steps towards the previous millennium.