susan gamble and michael wenyon met in 1980 at goldsmiths' holography workshop, goldsmiths’ college, university of london, an experimental studio set up for artists to experiment with holograms, the first such facility in europe. they were the founding staff of the workshop, modeled on an open-access print-making studio, providing holographic instruction and equipment rental for visiting artists and art students. the workshop was funded by the calouste gulbenkian foundation, the rockefeller foundation, and the arts council of great britain. wenyon & gamble organized a traveling exhibition from the workshop, "the holography show", which opened at the orchard gallery, derry and toured to seven other museums in england, wales and northern ireland during 1982; it featured work by eight artists who had used the facility, including bill culbert, jeremy diggle, peter donebauer, liliane lijn and andrew logan. other visiting artists included bill molteni and rick silberman.