Want to create one-of-a-kind and (mostly) unpredictable darkroom prints with aesthetics anywhere from haunted forgotten media to sketched in charcoal to etched in stone? Tired printing of endless test strips in the darkroom? Dive right in with the magical process of lith printing in this workshop! With the use of an alternate darkroom developer and shockingly old paper, lith printing creates darkroom prints that can look unlike anything else. Some things students can expect from prints are any combination of: intense contrast, visible grain, unexpected colors, dark or light speckling, funky vignetting, stunning highlight tonality, spooky shadow delineation, and so much more.

This workshop will give students the tools and knowledge to make entirely unique prints! Students will also get one-on-one guidance to work towards the aesthetic vision and story you might have in mind for your images. For students unfamiliar with darkroom printing, there will be a quick refresh on the basics of printing with an enlarger, and feel free to bring digital negatives for contact printing to streamline the process further. This technique is experimental and unpredictable–be ready for unexpected outcomes, happy accidents you can't replicate, and the alchemy of the lith developer to decide your fate!