Vedos is a Finnish word for Print. Printmakers as well as photographers use it to mean the finished print worked on paper, but it can also refer to a draft, or a proof print, especially when the word is used by printing technology and press specialists. That's what it's all about in the Project Vedos - making drafts, proofs, and the final prints. We are studying and practicing alternative printing processes in photography and printmaking - methods that are mostly historical, some of them almost forgotten, demanding handicraft and printmaking skills. Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Finnish Ministry of Education and the Finnish Cultural Foundation have provided grants for this project.

Jalo Porkkala and Pirkko Holm

Jalo Porkkala and Pirkko Holm are artists and teachers working at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences / School of Fine Art Kankaanpää, Finland. The school is a traditional art school, divided into three departments: painting, printmaking, and sculpture. They both work at the printmaking department, teaching graphic techniques, photography, and computer graphics.They have started Project Vedos with some preliminary studies, and worked out possibilities to practice and teach historical and alternative printing processes with materials available in Finland, adapted to the present day.

Atelier pH7 exhibit: october - november 2010

Jalo Porkkala: pigmented Van Dyke Brown & gum bichromate

Pigmented Van Dyke Brown Print

Pigmented Van Dyke Brown Print

Gum Bichromate

Gum Bichromate

Pigmented Van Dyke Brown Print

Pigmented Van Dyke Brown Print

Anthotype

Pirkko Holm: cyanotype, toned cyanotype & Van Dyke Brown