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Cornwall Community Darkroom

A community space located near Penzance, Cornwall.

With a traditional photographic darkroom and photography equipment, delivering workshops for all ages and levels.

05/02/2026

A huge thank you to all the artists who generously donated their work, all the visitors and bidders who made time to look and chat and bid and finally to Matt who gave a great deal of time and support helping us get this show up and out there!

We raised an amazing £1515 which will get us through this month of renovations to get our essential work stations complete to run workshops, inductions, membership and private hire.

Thank you to everyone, it has been a great experience meeting you all, and so too learning more about each artist and their work.

Pleased do stay tuned! Updates will be posted here and so too how to purchase any work that wasn’t sold via bid!

All my best

Archie
Cornwall Community Darkroom

30/01/2026

https://new.biddingowl.com/items?QueryAuctionId=8f8cf9f8-7263-4886-bfd3-47c8704e747e&QueryCategory=%20All

23/01/2026

Artist Spotlight:

Some excerpts from our print out (available at .pz or via DM ) with information about each artist and their kindly donated works.

All of which are available to view at Toner Gallery til the 30th January 2026; a live for auction via the link in our bio

( https://new.biddingowl.com/CCDfundrasier2026 )

Best,
Archie
CCD

17/01/2026

Thanks to everyone who has made it to the show, on opening after a heavy storm and since in the varied weather we’ve been getting and an even bigger thanks to all the generous artists and their donations of incredible work; not only to exhibit but to sell on our online auction which is live now and our the bio!

And a final thank you to at .pz for the support with install and working it all out! spots like toner are an invaluable resource to the creative community

More infor RE the auction coming shortly

show is extended now til the 31st of January 2026

08/11/2025

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27/10/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢

It is with great excitement to share with you the news that I will be taking over the Imogen’s beautiful space this year, running and directing !

So who am I?

I’m a Cornish photographer based in west penwith, I grew up on the north coast of Cornwall in St.Merryn, falling in love with analogue photography by chance on my diploma at Truro College, going on to study fine art photogrpahy at Glasgow School of art and working in other community darkrooms along the way.

10 years on and I’ve amassed a great archive here at home and it is about time I gave way to a year of introspection and printing to work out book projects and exhibitions to share in the near future!

what does this mean for the future of the space?

For the time being I’m going to use my own practice as a means of shaping the studio toward archival standards, in the hope that in the future the space will be capable of supporting hand printing up to 20x24inch silver gelatin fibre based prints and a high standard of film development.

And so to working on the wonderful foundation imogen has built to keep providing specific workshops and inductions for those interested in learning the basics and more advanced aspects of analogue photography

So!

Keep your eyes peeled, give us a follow and turn on notifications for our posts! I’ll be posting updates and perhaps some introductions to my work in time🤍

All the best
Archie
I look forward to meeting you!

Image 1: First day in the studio! Moving paper in
Image 2/3 : Ding D**g mine and Carn Galver on the road to CCD

28/09/2025

A busy September ! Anthotypes, Chemigrams, Caffenol and Mud Developer… darkroom days on rainy days and apple picking on sunny ones ! (I wonder if we can make apple developer next ?)

Thank you for hosting us and the ! Thank you all the lovely new people who’ve come along to workshops this month, it’s great to see the community growing!

Currently taking on bookings for open access, link in bio to find out more or to book in for a workshop ✨🍎 🌞

09/09/2025

🎞✨ Step into the magic of film photography ✨🎞
Cornwall Community Darkroom is open for everyone curious about analogue processes! Whether you’re just starting out or ready to print independently, we’ve got you covered:

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✨ Darkroom Introduction Course – £60 (2 hours)
Curious about the darkroom? In this friendly beginner’s session you’ll learn how to:
• Set up & use the space
• Work with the enlarger
• Develop, fix & dry your prints
• Stay safe with essential health & safety

Once you’ve completed the intro, you’ll be ready for Open Access!

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✨ Half Day Open Access – £30 (up to 3.5 hours)
✨ Full Day Open Access – £50 (up to 7 hours)
Work independently in the darkroom, with flexible sessions that fit around you. Once you’ve taken the Introduction Course, you can book the space as often as you like.

🌞 Would you like to explore sustainable practices? We also offer eco-friendly chemistry workshops (plant-based developers & seawater fixer).

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🌱 Please note: chemicals & paper are not included. Eco-friendly options and some donated papers are available, or bring your own.

Questions: [email protected]

Bookings:
Cornwall-Darkroom.com (link in bio to book!)

🖤 Beginners warmly welcome – come and discover the magic of analogue!

11/07/2025

ROOT Workshop: Wednesday 16 July
11.00 - 15.00

Link in bio to book!

A creative ritual connecting to the magic of Earth.
Learn how to make a Mud Developer and Sea water fixer. Chemical free alternatives to developing darkroom prints. You will then be guided to create a print or mini print series in the darkroom.

To Bring;

✨ A jar of earth

This could be from your garden, childhood home, from the pot of your favourite plant, from the home you’ve always lived or perhaps hope to live. The earth that connects you with feeling rooted and secure.

✨ A jar of sea water

This could be from the sea nearest to your home, or the sea you love to visit most or perhaps the sea you like to swim or surf in. The sea that connects you with a sense of home and belonging.

This workshop is for 1 or 2 people booking together. It’s perfect for beginners to the darkroom or beginners to plant-based darkroom practice. It’s also great for any person with a creative block and releasing feelings of being stuck.

You can bring your own negatives to create a print from, or you can bring objects to lay over the paper to make ‘Photograms’ or forage for objects in the darkroom studio and surrounding countryside.

This is a completely natural chemical free way of creating photographs and is suitable for all ages, stages and abilities.

All materials are provided and the workshop will last for 4 hours and you will make up to 4 prints to take home.

Free parking, wheelchair and pushchair accessible. Pet friendly!

01/07/2025

ROOT Workshop: Monday 7th July
12.00 - 16.00
£100.00 per person

Link in bio to book!

A creative ritual connecting to the magic of Earth.
Learn how to make a Mud Developer and Sea water fixer. Chemical free alternatives to developing darkroom prints. You will then be guided to create a print or mini print series in the darkroom.

To Bring;

✨ A jar of earth

This could be from your garden, childhood home, from the pot of your favourite plant, from the home you’ve always lived or perhaps hope to live. The earth that connects you with feeling rooted and secure.

✨ A jar of sea water

This could be from the sea nearest to your home, or the sea you love to visit most or perhaps the sea you like to swim or surf in. The sea that connects you with a sense of home and belonging.

This workshop is for 1 or 2 people booking together. It’s perfect for beginners to the darkroom or beginners to plant-based darkroom practice. It’s also great for any person with a creative block and releasing feelings of being stuck.

You can bring your own negatives to create a print from, or you can bring objects to lay over the paper to make ‘Photograms’ or forage for objects in the darkroom studio and surrounding countryside.

This is a completely natural chemical free way of creating photographs and is suitable for all ages, stages and abilities.

All materials are provided and the workshop will last for 4 hours and you will make up to 4 prints to take home.

Free parking, wheelchair and pushchair accessible. Pet friendly!

25/06/2025

Anthotype Workshop
Wednesday 9 July
11.00 - 14.00
£50 per person
Up to four people

Link in bio to book!

Explore the magic of nature and create a rainbow of natural colourful prints from plants and sunshine.

In this workshop you will create colourful emulsions out of beetroot, spinach, red cabbage and turmeric. You will then coat these onto paper to make a selection of dyed colourful light sensitive papers. Finally you’ll make your photographs by arranging objects on the paper and exposing them directly from the sunlight. You can bring your own negatives and objects and forage for plants in the surrounding countryside.

This is a completely natural chemical free way of creating photographs and is suitable for all ages, stages and abilities.

All materials are provided and the workshop will last for 3 hours and you will make up to 8 prints to take home.

Free parking, wheelchair and pushchair accessible. Pet friendly!

🌱🐶🫜🌞

24/06/2025

Anthotype Workshop
Monday 30 June
11.00 - 14.00
£50 per person
Up to four people

Link in bio to book!

Explore the magic of nature and create a rainbow of natural colourful prints from plants and sunshine.

In this workshop you will create colourful emulsions out of beetroot, spinach, red cabbage and turmeric. You will then coat these onto paper to make a selection of dyed colourful light sensitive papers. Finally you’ll make your photographs by arranging objects on the paper and exposing them directly from the sunlight. You can bring your own negatives and objects and forage for plants in the surrounding countryside.

This is a completely natural chemical free way of creating photographs and is suitable for all ages, stages and abilities.

All materials are provided and the workshop will last for 3 hours and you will make up to 8 prints to take home.

Free parking, wheelchair and pushchair accessible. Pet friendly!

🌱🐶🫜🌞

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Bosulval Studio
Penzance
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