Karen Phillips-Curran

Stay up to date! Get the monthly newsletter and be notified of new how-to articles, new artists and our alternative processes events.

Karen Phillips-Curran loves watercolours and the intense and expressive look of Polaroid image transfer. She shows her transfers here.
From: Canada.
Shows: Polaroid image transfers.


It takes ingenuity, passion and dedication to be a living, working, Canadian artist. Karen certainly qualifies. A watercolourist at heart, her facility extends to other mediums. Working in series, she explores different realms of thought and experience. The Polaroid Image Transfers she does show off her photographic talents to explore issues of our humanity. They are small, intense and very expressive, often bursting out of the frame. Emulsion Transfers are used to produce transparent ghosts of the past. Her historical collages make use of antique photographs, (applied as Image and emulsion transfers), memorabilia, and hand drawn images to create stories otherwise lost to time.

“Image and emulsion transfers allow me to deeply explore symbolism and series. The density of emulsion, combined with the small size, create the evocative, intense imagery that I love.”

Contact Karen Phillips-Curran

  • Email: kphillipscurran (at) gmail.com
  • Website
Looking for a good paper to use?
The Massive Paper Chart thumb

The Massive Paper chart

by Christina Z. Anderson

85+ papers tested in the argyrotype, chrysotype, cyanotype, palladium, salted paper and vandyke brown process.
 
Pure Inspiration = A cross between learning and inspiration
Pure Inspiration volume 2: Colour

Pure Inspiration #2: COLOUR

by Malin Fabbri

Discover how 140+ artists bring colour to traditionally monochrome processes. This book explores pigments, chemistry, layering, and experimentation through real working examples. Combines inspiration and learning!
 

Pure Inspiration volume 1

Pure Inspiration #1: COMPOSITES

by Malin Fabbri

A fusion of moments and visions from artists working in alternative photographic processes – featuring 90+ inspirational alternative photographic processes images. Highly creative!
 
Our 25th anniversary book
Art and Artists edition 2

Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition 2

by Malin Fabbri

Step into a world where light, chemistry, and creativity collide. 137 artists push the boundaries of alternative photography, with processes like cyanotype, gum, and platinum printing to create unique, handcrafted images. They showcase their work, insights, and inspiration.
 

Leave a Comment