Silver reclamation & resin-coated paper recycling
Ongoing experimentation instigated as a result of being invited onto The Sustainable Darkroom Residency run by London Alternative Photography Collective in April 2020 to explore ideas and actions for recycling and reducing darkroom waste. I developed ways to reuse unrecyclable resin-coated paper including creating 'gemstones' and small sculptural electroformed objects I then silver-plated from the fixer the photographs originally emerged from. Reuniting the silver and paper. A cyclical process.
Charlotte E Padgham
London, England
Recycled resin coated paper object #2, Charlotte E Padgham 2020, Photo: Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixer
Silver-plated resin coated paper chemigram (back), Charlotte E Padgham 2021, Photo: Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixer
Silver-plated resin coated paper chemigram (front), Charlotte E Padgham 2021, Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixer
Darkroom waste recycled objects - resin-coated paper form #1, Charlotte E Padgham 2020, Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixer
Recycled resin-coated chemigram photograph silver-plated ring, 2020/21, Charlotte E PadghamRecycled resin-coated paper rings plated with reclaimed silver from the used photographic fixer
Waste resin-coated photographic paper 'gemstone' plated with waste silver from used photographic fixer and set in 100% recycled Sterling silver ring, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin-coated photographic paper brooch, 2020, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin coated paper photograph 'gemstone' set in 100% recycled sterling silver, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin coated paper chemigram gem set in patinated sterling silver, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin-coated paper chemigram ring, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin coated paper chemigram gem set in patinated sterling silver, Charlotte E Padgham
Earrings made entirely from waste silver reclaimed from used photographic fixer with Polaroid emulsion lift 'enamel', 2021/22, Charlotte E Padgham, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin coated paper chemigram and photograph rings, Charlotte E Padgham
Earrings created entirely from waste silver reclaimed from used photographic fixer, 2021, Charlotte E Padgham, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin-coated photographic paper small sculpture, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin-coated photographic paper small sculpture, Charlotte E Padgham
Waste resin-coated photographic paper 'gemstone' plated with waste silver from used photographic fixer and set in 100% recycled Sterling silver ring, Charlotte E Padgham