Portraits, Botanicals and Other Stories

Wet-plate collodion exhibition by Willie Osterman.

Frederick Gardner invented the Wet-Plate Collodion process in 1852. It is a hand-applied process where an emulsion is poured onto a plate of glass (ambrotype) or blackened aluminum. (tintype or ferrotype), sensitized, exposed, developed, rinsed, and fixed before the emulsion dries.

Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue-Fri; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.

Opening: 10/11, 6-9 p.m.