Crafts CouncilDirectoryCharlotte E PadghamDARK MATTER: jewellery & objects created from photographic darkroom wasteAboutOngoing body of work 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 PadghamLondon, EnglandRecycled resin coated paper object #2, Charlotte E Padgham 2020, Photo: Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixerSilver-plated resin coated paper chemigram (front), Charlotte E Padgham 2021, Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixerRecycled resin-coated chemigram photograph silver-plated ring, 2020/21, Charlotte E PadghamRecycled resin-coated paper rings plated with reclaimed silver from the used photographic fixerWaste resin-coated photographic paper 'gemstone' plated with waste silver from used photographic fixer and set in 100% recycled Sterling silver ring, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin coated paper photograph 'gemstone' set in 100% recycled sterling silver, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated paper chemigram ring, Charlotte E PadghamEarrings made entirely from waste silver reclaimed from used photographic fixer with Polaroid emulsion lift 'enamel', 2021/22, Charlotte E Padgham, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper small sculpture, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper 'gemstone' plated with waste silver from used photographic fixer and set in 100% recycled Sterling silver ring, Charlotte E PadghamSilver-plated resin coated paper chemigram (back), Charlotte E Padgham 2021, Photo: Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixerDarkroom 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 fixerWaste resin coated paper chemigram and photograph rings, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper brooch, 2020, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin coated paper chemigram gem set in patinated sterling silver, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin coated paper chemigram gem set in patinated sterling silver, Charlotte E PadghamEarrings created entirely from waste silver reclaimed from used photographic fixer, 2021, Charlotte E Padgham, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper small sculpture, Charlotte E PadghamDARK MATTER: jewellery & objects created from photographic darkroom wasteAboutOngoing body of work 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 PadghamLondon, EnglandRecycled resin coated paper object #2, Charlotte E Padgham 2020, Photo: Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixerSilver-plated resin coated paper chemigram (back), Charlotte E Padgham 2021, Photo: Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixerSilver-plated resin coated paper chemigram (front), Charlotte E Padgham 2021, Charlotte E PadghamExperimentations in recycling resin-coated paper and silver reclamation from photographic fixerDarkroom 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 fixerRecycled resin-coated chemigram photograph silver-plated ring, 2020/21, Charlotte E PadghamRecycled resin-coated paper rings plated with reclaimed silver from the used photographic fixerWaste resin coated paper chemigram and photograph rings, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper 'gemstone' plated with waste silver from used photographic fixer and set in 100% recycled Sterling silver ring, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper brooch, 2020, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin coated paper photograph 'gemstone' set in 100% recycled sterling silver, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin coated paper chemigram gem set in patinated sterling silver, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated paper chemigram ring, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin coated paper chemigram gem set in patinated sterling silver, Charlotte E PadghamEarrings made entirely from waste silver reclaimed from used photographic fixer with Polaroid emulsion lift 'enamel', 2021/22, Charlotte E Padgham, Charlotte E PadghamEarrings created entirely from waste silver reclaimed from used photographic fixer, 2021, Charlotte E Padgham, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper small sculpture, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper small sculpture, Charlotte E PadghamWaste resin-coated photographic paper 'gemstone' plated with waste silver from used photographic fixer and set in 100% recycled Sterling silver ring, Charlotte E PadghamMore from Charlotte E PadghamProjectSKINS CollectionProjectwe are all around usProjectBAFTA TV Awards 2023