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Workshop | Eco-Darkroom on the Beach with Maria McSweeney at Creative Spark

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Creative Spark
Published 09/01/26 - 1 week ago
€120.00
Location
Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
Category
Courses / Workshops
Website
https://creativespark.ie/events/event/eco-darkroom-on-blackrock-beach-3cc6c
Date(s)
24th January
Times
10am-4pm
Address
Clontygora Ct, Muirhevnamore, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 HF77
Description

Eco-Darkroom on Blackrock Beach – 24 January
Creative Spark Workshop for Brigid’s Day with Maria McSweeney

Meeting first at 10am at Creative Spark

Join us for a day-long workshop at Blackrock Beach, where creativity, ecology, and analogue photography meet. This hands-on experience introduces participants to seaweed foraging and identification, culminating in collaborative lumen prints and the shooting and development of 35mm black-and-white film using seaweed-based, non-toxic developers in an en plein air darkroom.

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Booking Information
https://creativespark.ie/events/event/eco-darkroom-on-blackrock-beach-3cc6c
 
 
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Workshop | Eco-Darkroom on the Beach with Maria McSweeney at Creative Spark