Getting started
Making your own Holograms
Hologram by John Kaufman
Registration begins February 2nd - Early Bird Discount of $75 until February 12th.
Classes begin on March 7th, 2026
Sign up early to secure your place - there is already a lot of interest in this course, and a limited number of places.
This new course will be offered for the first time beginning March 7th, 2026. It is designed to get you started making your own holograms. Although the sessions will still be offered live via Zoom, there will be many videos available to you on the course webpage on the Ruzuku site. These will explain the various steps in the process of making your own holographic camera, creating compositions, shooting your first holograms, and further steps to expand your process of holographic image creation. The classes will also be recorded and available shortly after each class through the Ruzuku website. The recordings and the online material will be available on Ruzuku to all students for a year following the class.
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Classes will be offered over 8 sessions. For the first 4 weeks, classes will be at 2-week intervals to give you time to prepare your studio a step at a time. Each class session will offer opportunities for students to discuss any issues you may be having and to share your holographic images with the class.
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Class dates:
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Session 1 - Saturday, March 7th, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
Session 2 - Saturday, March 21st, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
Session 3 - Saturday, April 4th, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
Session 4 - Saturday, April 18th, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
Session 5 - Saturday, April 25th, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
Session 6 - Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
Session 7 - Saturday, May 9th, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
Session 8 - Saturday, May 16th, 2026 12 - 3 pm EST
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Course Fee: $750
Early Bird discount of $75 if you sign up by February 12th​
Class Registration is now open
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Course Sessions:
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Session 1
Holograms - The Basics
- learn how single-beam holograms work and why they are much easier
to make than split-beam setups
- lists of suppliers for the components you will need.
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Session 2 - Putting your Holographic Table together
- laser safety
- step-by-step guide to building your own holographic recording system,
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Session 3 - Assessing your setups and preparing to shoot
- learn how to prepare content for your holograms,
- keeping a lab journal, documenting your work
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Session 4 - Shooting your first photopolymer holograms
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Session 5 - Troubleshooting and exploring other single-beam setups
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Session 6 - Creative Approaches to explore
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Session 7 - Next Steps
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Session 8 - Framing, hanging, and lighting your holograms
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