Home Darkrooms: Call out for Participants!

Are you LGBTQIA+ or non-heterosexual?
Do you have experience of darkrooms in the home or in spaces that feel like home to you?
If so, then this project is for you!

Caffenol Catastrophes

Many of you may not know this about me but I take a very, very slap-dash approach to developing. I figure out my measurements and the timings ish and don’t check water temperatures. For the most part, it has gone fine. Cut to a few weeks ago in the university darkroom…

WritingMolly Caenwyn9 September 2025writing, art, thoughts, paris, materiality, Abstract art, image making process, process, caffenol, analogue photography, darkroomComment

Sun, Cyanotypes and Slow Stitching

This week I’ve been thinking a lot about my own home photographic practice and a practice I had recently come across at London’s Stitch Festival, Slow Stitching. I had never heard of it so squeezed myself into the stall to have a look.

Chocolate Film Developer

For nearly a decade I have worked with coffee to develop my films, black and white and colour alike. Before I started drinking Flat whites, lattes and French pressed, there was hot chocolate. One drink that inspired my next experiment, developing black and white film in a Chocolate Developer.

Molly Caenwyn29 February 2024Comment

The Deleted Image: Thoughts on Photography, Memory and Control

There is so much literature and research on memory and photography that it is hard to know where to start. Therefore, I wanted to begin and open this conversation by sharing a photograph from my past. The following memory is one I believe only I will remember and concerns an image I no longer have.

WritingMolly Caenwyn26 April 2023writing, thoughts, photography, control, memory, myspace Comment

My Favourite Photo Exhibition in Stockholm

Who would have thought my favourite photo exhibition in Stockholm would turn out to be an exhibition about the architect Gunnar Asplund?

WritingMolly Caenwyn27 February 2023Sotckholm, photography, exhibiton, Gunnar Asplund, Swedish History, photo objects, architecture, architectComment

Stockholm Gallery Weekend

One day, as I was laying on the sofa, my friend Molly messaged me to tell me about Stockholm Gallery weekend. As I had been off social media, I hadn’t seen anything about it but quickly booked it off of work before they sorted out the next schedule. Great, I thought, I could finally go immerse myself in some art for a day. So I wanted to share with you my favorite moments from the weekend.

EventsMolly Caenwyn3 December 2022Sotckholm, Stockholm Gallery Weekend, Abstract art, Abstract painting, exhibition, audioComment

To KonMari One’s Creative Practice

…My brain has been full of questions interrogating my own feelings concerning my creative work and practice. My one plan for October was simply to ‘reflect’ but each question I asked myself produced more. Sentences, phrases, words and letters became so overwhelming that they melted from their structures into a dense fog which I could no longer see through.

News and Life Updates, WritingMolly Caenwyn19 November 2022queer artist, art, artist, photography, writing, thoughts, life update, creative cardiff, audioComment

Unintentional Social Media Break & My First Market!

I got Covid again. During this time I’ve had an unintentional Social Media break. Yes I know, I was sleeping a lot so obviously, but I feel so much better for it. I’m still finding it difficult to find a balance but I feel a lot less pressure to be on there and am reconnecting with physicality. What better way to get back to the physical than a market?

NEWS - RE·SOURCE Book Launch

I am super excited to share the launch event of the latest Sustainable Darkroom publication re·source which will feature my recipe for Pumpkin Spice developer for black and white film!