I had a no plumbing ski locker turned dark closet of about 15 usable square feet from 2012 on, it was fun and hell at the same time and I managed to easily do 16x20's using a home made tray stacker and even 20x24's in Jobo 3063 drums. It was not perfect but it made me innovate within those limits and be 101% sure a real darkroom was what I wanted.
It took over ten years for me to finally arrive at what I am building now so instead of it appearing like the usual meth lab or cold war era morgue, the place is going to be a work of art in which to make art. And a big part of that will be to at first share this passion with who ever wants to make the trek to this magical lab at 7,300 feet in the heart of the Rockies, so come on out and hole up in the guest room and take a load off. Eventually I intend to do workshops in addition to move from my full time work as a commercial shooter to the making and selling of fine silver gel prints, but that will take a couple years after the place is done.
I expect the digs to be up and running around Fall and with three LPL4550 XLG / VCCE enlargers to round out the dry side, this darkroom will pretty capable. The westside will feature both a 16x20 and 20x24 print washer, either Patterson or SS tanks and Hewes reels or simply use the Jobo CPP3 from 35mm up to 4x5.
Due to my clashing with a particular person regarding how best to promote the health of film, I am limiting my posting on here quite a bit but I just wanted to extend a personal invitation to you once this fun house is ready to roll.
Keep the faith man, it is worth it.
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