September 2022 - March 2023
The Habitat Foundation & Thinkcity

A Tale of Two Hills
4 month Mentorship Program 

"A Tale of Two Hills" is an exciting initiative to engage creatively-inclined Malaysians to document images and stories from two of our iconic hill stations - Maxwell Hill and Penang Hill. 

Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with other participants and be mentored by highly regarded photographers, researchers, and writers on a project which sets out to capture the rich tapestry of life on these hills - its people, nature, history and sense of place. The work created from this creative journey will be showcased to the public at the end of the programme.

This project will be led by Jeffrey Lim who is known for his portrait photography and journey to capture the experience of indigenous peoples in Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan. Teaming up with urban anthropologist Wan Atikah of Penang Harmony Corporation; with previous involvement with GTWHI and ArtsEd, and Liew Suet Fun of Taiping, who is an author of 19 books on environment and human society and also a resident of Maxwells.

23rd August 2022, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
International Documentary Festival, Langkawi

Colours from the Sun
Silhouette Portraiture with Lumen printing, getting colours from BW paper 

Bringing colours through various alternative processes to Black & White photo paper. This practical format class includes a special addition of Silhouette Self-Portraiture making, a very early method of making a life-like portrait, popular in the 18th century. Learn the secrets of this alternative process, hands on, open to novice, intermediate and advanced levels. Each participant will make and receive their art print. All materials and apparatus will be provided.

25th July 2022, Saturday, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Stellar, RexKL, Kuala Lumpur

Painting in the Tones
Watercolour ink on BW prints

Painting in the Tones, the method of ‘hand-colouring black & white photographs, using simple, water-based, non-toxic medium of ink. This concise workshop explores an old technique of using watercolour inks on monochrome photographs. Open to novice, intermediate and advanced levels. Each participant can choose from the prints provided, hand-colour them and bring the art prints back. All materials and apparatus will be provided.

18th June 2022, Saturday, 9am-1pm
Zontiga, Petaling Jaya

Kanta Portraits with Jeffrey Lim
Learn to shoot & print with large-format cameras & traditional darkroom printing

Learn the basics of how to operate large-format cameras, and darkroom printing skills to produce instant prints on black and white silver gelatin photo papers. Take home your own instant handmade portrait prints. 

14th & 15th May 2022, Saturday & Sunday,
10:00 am - 12:00 pm &  2:00 - 4:00 pm
Malaysia Design Archive, Kuala Lumpur

Painting in the Tones
ink & watercolour paint, colour pencils, coloured crepe paper

In collaboration with MDA, Kanta.Studio presents a series of workshops all about art printing using Black & White silverprints. Starting with Painting in the tones, the method of ‘hand-colouring black & white photographs’, using simple, water-based, non-toxic mediums. This workshop explores several old techniques of how colours were added onto monochrome photographs in the past, one of them learnt from the late Ismail Hashim using inks. This practical format class will cover traditional techniques adapted from box camera practitioners using crepe papers. Open to novice, intermediate and advanced levels. Each participant can choose from the prints provided, hand-colour them and bring the art prints back. All materials and apparatus will be provided.

5th & 10th May 2022
International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL)

Concise Workshop Series-
Instant Portraits with Jeffrey Lim
Learning to shoot & print with large-format cameras & traditional darkroom printing

Basics of how to operate large-format cameras, and darkroom printing skills to produce instant prints on black and white silver gelatin photo papers. 

19th  March 2022, Saturday, 9am-1pm
Zontiga, Petaling Jaya

101 Photobook Publishing
Conceptualising visual narratives, strategising, production, simple mockups

Realise a simple self-published photobook (or zine) by understanding the intentions through creative processes, balanced with the feasibility of timeline, budgeting for production and marketing plan. This workshop is split into two main parts, a discussion on objectifying the concepts, and a tutorial on materialising a mockup for publication. Learn to explore concepts, art directions, preparing layout flow & artwork files, to working with designers & printers, and produce a handbound ‘blind’ mockup book. Hands on, open to novice, intermediate and advanced levels. Each participant will produce an online worksheet (and layout flow), and create a ‘blind’ mockup book at actual size. (estimation of 80 pages / A5 to 48 pages / A4 size). All mockup tools and materials will be provided.

23th February -2nd March 2022
Artsed, Pulau Pinang

Bengkel Bina Sendiri- Kamera Lubang Jarum
Dari Mata Ku/ Gempak 100 Workshop with children of the PPR flats

Hands-on building workshop on pinhole camera from waste and upcycling materials, with facilitators of Artsed Program with Wong Hoy Cheong, Dari Mata Ku, Gempak 100. Participants are children from the PPR flats, will keep their self-made pinhole camera, make exposures and process their own prints. 

19th  February 2022, Saturday, 9am-1pm
Zontiga, Petaling Jaya

Kanta Portrait with Jeffrey Lim
Learn to shoot & print with large-format cameras & traditional darkroom printing

Learn the basics of how to operate large-format cameras, and darkroom printing skills to produce instant prints on black and white silver gelatin photo papers. Take home your own instant handmade portrait prints. Workshop will be conducted in English with the inclusion of Bahasa as well if needed. All materials and equipment provided, photography novice to advanced levels are welcomed. Workshop environment will be conducted according to SOP requirements.