Phytograms & Chemigrams with Tara Gilbee
One-Day Workshop Sunday 19 October 2025
10 am - 1 pm
Tara Gilbee is a lecturer at several Universities, teaching contemporary photography and other creative subjects. She also provides arts education through various other organisations. She has been an Artist in Residence at numerous institutions both nationally and internationally and is represented in public and private collections.
Overview
In this workshop you will be introduced to natural materials which interact with photographic paper and two creative processes called Phytograms and Chemigrams.
You will be guided through this innovative approach to photography. The chemigram process was discovered by Pierre Cordier in 1956. It is a unique process that uses resists on photographic paper. The phytogram method was develop by Karel Doing. It is a technique that uses the internal chemistry of plants for the creation of images on black and white photographic paper.
You will explore the integration of nature with photographic prints and the beautiful alchemy of imagery that can appear through simple chemicals and various collage approaches.
