Alexis Vasilikos
2022
For the fifth year in a row we will be publishing a Terra Firma diary.
It is a diary to be used and enjoyed by you.
The 2022 diary will be collaboration between Editor in Chief of Terra Firma Magazine Sophie Willison and Turkish based artist Yaǵmur Özdemir.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER A 2022 DIARY
2022
For the fifth year in a row we will be publishing a Terra Firma diary.
It is a diary to be used and enjoyed by you.
The 2022 diary will be collaboration between Editor in Chief of Terra Firma Magazine Sophie Willison and Turkish based artist Yaǵmur Özdemir.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER A 2022 DIARY
About
workshops
Brand new!
terra firma is pleased to announce our brand new series of workshops!
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make your own magazine, how to make a digital negative or to make a pinhole camera?*
Well now's your chance! Check out what's on offer below -
*Pinhole camera workshop COMING SOON
Making a magazine
An introduction into the world of magazines, publishing, design, and collaboration. Throughout this five week course we will work together as a team to create a group made publication. From idea conception, to creating content, editing and designing, you'll get to oversee the whole process, then at the end you'll have your very own printed magazine!
Workshop outline
5 weeks - £300 (includes a copy of the magazine)
Dates and location TBC
Thursday evenings 6pm-8pm
Group size 6
Requirements for the course -
Access to your own laptop, inDesign.
Week one
Introduction into magazines, my personal journey of creating terra firma.
Followed by some key aspects of what you need to know to publish your own magazine.
Discussion as a group on your ideas and what you want to achieve during this five week course. Homework: Create a whatsapp group and google drive
Week two
How to structure your magazine. Coming up with a name, theme and topics you want to research. Idea brainstorming. Starting to contact people to contribute to the magazine. Allocating roles within the magazine amongst your team.
Homework: Facilitate the creation of 3 ideas to go with the theme of the magazine,
1 written piece, 1 artwork/drawing, 1 design/photograph
Week three
Introduction into Adobe inDesign, the programme that most magazine publishers use to design layouts for their publications.
Homework: Make a mini zine on inDesign
Week four
Selecting work, how to collate images, edit text and create a visually interesting publication. Beginning to edit images, text and putting stories together in preparation for week 5. How to design your front cover and spine.
Week five
Using the skills learnt in week 3 to design your very own magazine. You will then have a finished PDF that is ready for print. Two weeks later we can meet up again and I’ll hand you all your copy of your magazine that you DESIGNED and PUBLISHED in just 5 weeks!
Alternative Photography
During this 3 week course you will get to learn a variety of alternative photographic skills and approaches.
You will be introduced to a dark room, how to handle and prepare chemicals and the magic of photosensitive paper. You'll learn historical photographic techniques as well as how to transfer iPhone images into the darkroom. All work created during this course is yours to keep, so you'll end up with a whole portfolio of new work that you have made during this course.
Workshop outline
3 weeks - £150 (includes all materials)
Dates and location TBC
Thursday evenings 6pm-8pm
Group size 4-6
List of materials provided in your workshop
-Dark room chemicals (developer & fixative)
-Ilford 8x10 inch photographic paper
-Sheets of acetate to make digital negatives
-Cardboard and a variety of fabrics
-Acrylic medium for image transfers
Week one
Photograms + Chemigrams
Photograms, a technique popularised by Man Ray, as a way of documenting objects in an avant-garde way.
We will create a series of Man Ray inspired images, using a variety of objects ranging in opacity, shape, form and structure.
To create chemigrams, we will be using a mixture of different household elements, from mayonnaise to bleach, we will work together to manipulate your image to create fantastical prints that almost replicate outer space.
Week two
Image transfer technique.
With images created on the course, you will get the opportunity to transfer these from just average printer paper onto a variety of different mediums. From cardboard, to coloured paper to fabrics. It's a great way to elevate your image and bring a beautiful textural aspect to your work.
Week three
Creating digital negatives + transferring a digital image from your phone onto darkroom paper.
You'll be shown how to edit your images to prepare them to be your very own negative, these will then be printed onto acetate and you'll be shown how to print from those images.
In the second part of this workshop we will work collaboratively together to transfer images from our iPhone screens straight onto dark room paper, it's practically MAGIC!