WET PLATE COLLODION CAMERA 'MATHILDA'
Throughout my life I have had two great loves. Image making and wood working. But they were always very separate in my mind. So in 2017, after years and years of debating about it all, I finally decided to combine the two and set out to build my first ever camera for the taking of wet plate collodion images. After a few rounds of conceptualising and prototyping, I arrived at the design for the camera you see here, which I have named Mathilda.
In terms of the wet plate process, I'm entirely self taught from various books and tutorials. I've still got a ways to go to learning to master the medium, but am exceptionally happy that I have had the chance to build this camera and just start the process!
An overwhelming amount of gratitude goes out to all my kickstarter funders, as well as a few special mentions to Tanya Voltchanskaya and Gemma Hall for helping me believe it was even possible let alone worthwhile, Eduardo Martinez for his amazing help with setting up shooting conditions, and an absurd amount of thanks to Helen Highwater for her assistance in the metal work involved in the project!
Kickstarter Funders:
J McCormick
Jared Pettit
Mandeh Moo
Hunt Ng
Jasmine Leivers
Bethany Lancaster
Vuk Mikic
Natalie Blom
Thomas Bull
Peter Williams
Dane Miles
Daniel Lee Pitcher
Talen Herzig
Aaron Kamp
dmitrizzle
Helen Creagh
Elizabeth
Sophie
Johnny Ma
Jas Shenstone
Tanya Voltchanskaya
Gaelle Houdy
Eduardo Martinez
Lucas Papadopoulos
Teya