Enjoy a free hands-on demonstration with a Torpedo Factory Art Center artist at the Waterfront entrance of the Art Center. There will be a different project every third Saturday of the month from April – October, 1 – 3 pm.
Join us for sunshine, artmaking, and fun! No reservations needed.
July’s Workshop: Tintype Photos with Jenny Ruley
Learn about the tintype photo process and try a demonstration yourself! The tintype technique was invented in the 1850s. Each image is made directly onto a coated aluminum plate prepared right before the image is taken.
Jenny Ruley (@unruleymoments) is a fine art photographer who specializes in monochrome photography. She uses film and pre-film era methods including dry plate or wet plate (glass and tintype) with medium and large format camera. She likes images of nature and portraits. She makes her own prints with various alternative printing techniques, like Van Dyke, Cyanotype, Platinum printing. She is obsessed with Wet Plate Collodion portraits.
