Introductory courses and workshops winter semester 2025/26
| The courses are aimed at students of the Faculty of Art + Design. |
Registrations for the courses are only possible by e-mail after the project and subject modules have been assigned from 20 October 2025 at 12.00h. Registrations received before then will not be considered.
Please register via email from your university email address, stating the desired course number, your degree programme and the project or specialist course you have taken, to fotowerkstatt[at]gestaltung.uni-weimar.de
If you are interested and register, you must take all modules of an introductory course. It is not possible to »jump« between course modules or to join later or leave earlier.
All courses include a safety briefing for working in the photo workshop. For this, as well as for the course content itself, there is a Moodle course with a corresponding test. Successful completion of the associated Moodle courses is mandatory for independent work in the respective area of the photo workshop and must be completed again in each new semester.
Workshop Salt printing
We use this photographic process to produce positive paper prints from negatives. Salt printing dates back to the early days of photography and was developed by William Henry Fox Talbot between 1834 and 1839. The paper is first coated with a gelatin solution and dried. The paper is then sensitized. After drying again, we expose the paper with negative using the contact printing process under UV light and develop/fix the result.
Either existing large-format negatives or any digital image data can be used as negative templates, from which we produce negatives using slide printing.
Duration: ca. 6 hours
Material costs: 7€
2–4 participants
Workshop A. 10.03.2026 9–15 h (already fully booked)
Workshop B. 10.03.2026 9–15 h
Workshop Kollodium Nassplattenverfahren
1851 entwickelten Frederick Scott Archer und Gustave Le Gray eine fotografische (Glas)-Platte, die als Ambrotypie, nasses Kollodium Verfahren oder Nassplattenverfahren bekannt wurde.
Wir werden in diesem Verfahren Glasplatten mit einer Kollodiumemulsion beschichten und sensibilisieren. Anschließend haben wir etwa 15 Minuten Zeit, die noch nasse Platte mit einer Großformatkamera zu belichten, entwickeln und zu fixieren. Nach dem auswaschen versiegeln wir die kratzempfindliche Platte mit einer Harz-Lavendelölmischung. Eine auf die Rückseitige der Glasplatte aufgetragene schwarze Lackierung sorgt dafür, das aus dem unterbelichteten Negativ ein Positivbild entsteht.
Dauer: ca. 8 Stunden
Materialkosten: 10€
2–4 Teilnehmer*innen
Workshop #1 24.03.2026 9–18 Uhr
Workshop #2 25.03.2026 9–18 Uhr
Adobe Photoshop Workshop
Possible topics: Advanced basics, workspace, layers, tools, adjustment layers, layer masks, smart objects, digital workflow and problem solving.
Format: Problem-oriented with own files and/or topic-oriented with existing materials in small groups of up to 3 people.
Frequency: Wednesday mornings from 14 January to 25 February 2026
09–10 h Basics for beginners
10–12 h Working in Photoshop
Registration by email at least 2 days in advance. You can work on one of our workstations (Windows PC) or your own device (Adobe CC required).