William J. Molteni, Jr. Exhibit

The above is a postcard sent to announce a retrospective exhibit of holograms by artist William J. Molteni, Jr (who studied physics at Monmouth College in New Jersey, and instructed at the early New York School of Holography). This exhibit was held at the Holos Gallery in San Francisco, CA. It ran from the opening reception on Friday, February 2, to April 29, 1990. The Holos Gallery, owned and directed by Gary Zellerbach was the West Coast's premiere showcase for holography and holographic art, located at 1792 Haight Street.

I am currently working on a multimedia presentation of holography-related postcards (announcing events and exhibits, with or without holograms). If you have any postcards that you would like to donate to the Antiquarian Holographica collection, please contact me.

If you've arrived here from a search engine and would like to view other holography-related postcards, they can be found here. Thanks for visiting. -- Frank DeFreitas

Holography: Treasures of the USSR

Today's holo-ephemera selection is a souvenir postcard for the British exhibit, Holography: Treasures of the USSR. It was held from July 4th through September 30th, 1985, at the Trocadero, London. Presented by Light Fantastic. Fortunately, unlike many other postcards that are in Antiquarian Holographica collection, this particular one gives credit to the designer: I. Beriozovsky, showing a graphic expression of holography.

I will not add any additional information since I will be providing a complete special post on Treasures of the USSR at a later date. This will include several more printed pieces associated with this historic exhibit. I am also working on a holo-ephemera postcard multimedia presentation at present.

To view more postcards related to the field of holography, I have them sorted for you HERE. Thanks for stopping by. -- Frank DeFreitas

Japan: Sense Galaxy Theater

With this particular piece of holoephemera, the majority of the printed piece is in Japanese. Sent by Mariko Oishi of Light Dimension, Inc., it promotes the Sense Galaxy Theater located in Tokyo, Japan. The large-format brochure indicates sevearal different sections of the venue, including holography, lasers, high-tech art, amusement art, and the gift shop. In an informal online query, I was unable to find any additional information. Hence, I include a few additional photos with today's post. You may click on any image to enlarge it.

Photon Holography Workshops

Today's holography ephemera selection is a flyer / leaflet for workshops held at The Photon League in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The workshop schedule covered the period from January to April 1990, and offer several types of workshops open to the general public. The workshops included: Introduction to Holography; Pseudo Color Reflection Holography; Trouble Shooting Workshop; and Rainbow Holography. It also announced the Photon League's first anniversary party & open house exhibit which was to be held on March 18, 1990.

It was printed in two inks (red, black) on 8.5 x 14-inch paper, quad folded, and used as its own mailer (name and address was written on the paper when folded). Considering that it came through the mail this way, it is in incredible condition. Remember, this paper was no thicker than standard xerox paper.

A few notes on the workshops themselves: The intro. workshop stated that it covered: how to make a hologram; the concepts of laser light; the physics of holography; laser transmission holography; white light holography; and take home a hologram. The pseudo color reflection workshop stated: how to make a multi color reflection hologram by preswelling the emulsion; how to calculate the angle changes and spatial filter changes for registration; the theory behind achromat holography; and additive color theory. The trouble shooting workshop stated: troubleshooting laser transmission holograms; what is coherence length?; the workshop covers design of the master hologram to minimize copying problems. And, the final workshop, rainbow holography states: the basics of white light transmission (or rainbow) holography; covers calculations needed to design a master and transfer "camera"; the theory behind making multiple color rainbow holograms.

The Photo League was (is?) an artist run, non-profit holography studio, and membership is open to canadian holographers and artists.

If you would be interested in participating in a holography workshop in the US, look no further than my own laser & holography studio here in Allentown, PA. More information on my long-running (26 years) holography workshops can be found at: holographyworkshops.com

Letterhead Press

I haven't featured any advertising in quite a while, so I thought I might take the opportunity to post a few more often. This particular ad is for Letterhead Press, Inc., located (at the time) in Waukesha, WI. I did a web search and found their current web site here. The advertisement shown today utilizes diffraction grating, and as you can see, selections of it are cut and placed within the ad as type. It states: "How to make a chameleon really stand out in a crowd". It then goes on to contain a 3-inch square of a grating showing chemeleons.

They also have a beautiful gold-foil, raised-relief medal inserted on the ad as well. Visit their web site to see their holography projects over the years.

If you've arrived here from a search engine and are looking for more holography-related advertising, you can click here now. And thank you for visiting Antiquarian Holographica. -- Frank DeFreitas