Course description
Why study this course
In this course you will create their own botanical-themed works of art using plants and the power of the sun. Discover this camera-less photographic printing technique and make your own cyanotype prints using plants from local sources.
More about this course
On this course you will discover camera-less photographic printing techniques and make your own cyanotype prints using plants from local sources. You could even bring in your own examples. Find out a little bit about the cyanotype process and how Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, made the first photographs using flowers and plants from their gardens. You will be able to make prints using this old process and discover how to make wonderful compositions from flowers and grasses.
You will be shown how to coat your own paper with the cyanotype chemistry. You will learn how to make digital negatives for combining with the botanical examples of fresh and dried flowers and grasses. You will make several prints using this process in natural daylight and you will learn how to fix your images on a range of different papers.
Course structure
The course will include:
- an introduction to the darkroom, including health and safety in the darkroom
- an introduction to the cyanotype process and understand which samples makes the best plants to work with
- a hands on workshop coating paper and making the prints, washing and drying and discussing the work made during the day
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The course is aimed at anyone who would like to learn this alternative, cameraless printing process. It is suitable for beginners and those with more experienced photography skills wanting to try something new.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
No Qualification