Sun Printing and the Art of Cyanotypes (one-day immersive workshop)

Adult Summer Workshop | This program is completed

All levels welcome.

7/15/2022 (one day)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM EDT on Fri

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$75.00

$65.00

$25.00

Discover a historic photographic printing technique that you can do in your own backyard! This workshop will provide you with a brief introduction to the cyanotype process, which was discovered by John Herschel in 1842 and used for over a century to reproduce drawings and images (it was especially popular among engineers, thus the term "blueprint"!) The gorgeous deep blue hues of cyanotypes will transform your images. You will learn how to prepare your photosensitive material and make prints outside in the sunlight, using found objects and transparencies as your negatives. The workshop will also explore techniques for printing on fabric, as well as toning your images to alter their final color.

What You Will Learn in This Course:
1. Brief history of cyanotype
2. How to prepare paper with solution
3. How to expose photograms and negatives in sunlight
4. Demonstrations of printing on fabric and amber toning

Note that this classroom is accessible by stairs only; please contact Fleisher for more information.

  • This is an in-person class which will take place in our building with strict social distancing protocols and reduced student capacity. Please see our COVID-19 community safety policies.
  • • 100% cotton watercolor or printmaking paper (several large sheets or a block of smaller sheets)
  • • Large format negatives or black and white transparencies (optional)
  • • Any additional objects for exposing as photograms (optional)