December 10, 2009 by Mike Townesend
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Hi
Now in my fourth week at Bedfordshire University Art Dept and at last am beginning to find out how it ticks. There is more to it than first meets the eye. I have discovered the new dark room well kitted out for some serious ' traditional ' experimenting, like photograms and dodging and solarisation. All things which cannot be done with digital as far as I know. So enlargers and trays of chemicals wait to be exploited. Also a good print studio which looks inviting. Screen printing and a huge etching press.
My work displayed on this site reflects the eclectic nature of my work, probably the result of a career of teaching Art and Design but now I am 'free' to play and experiment. I feel a bit out of my comfort zone. I am about 40 years older than most of my fellow students and probably my AA2A companions too. But what an opportunity. I feel like a student again having been at Art College in the late 60s early 70s ! So here goes and I will just see what happens.
I would definitely recommend getting into the darkroom for some experiments in traditional photography - I did a darkroom evening class the other day as a refresher (as hadn't done it since I was at art school) and it was so much fun!
Caroline Underwood 891 days ago