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For my 15 hour exam, I decided to use the darkroom to develop and explore my photographs from stage 2, Trails and Movement. As this was a more personal project, I really wanted to include aspects of my house that intertwine with history, time and trails - so I chose to use the rest of my 15 hours to sew old buttons, thread and embellishments I found in my Mum's sewing box onto my images.

15 hour exam

darkroom test strips

A few of my test strips - ranging between 3 and 12 seconds under the light.

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development: dark room

development: inverted

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development: sewing, marking and embellishments

For this development, I used personal objects such as old buttons from my childhood clothes and toys that my mum kept. I wanted to focus on a strong time and traces concept. 

Test strips for sewing and marking

My photographs by the end had lots of thread coming off them.

extra: printing photographs for potential final piece

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