This online course will be a three-week intensive to explore the camera-less process, and inventive variations of creating Cyanotypes.
WEEK ONE: CYANOTYPE BASICS AND NEGATIVE MAKING
Week one will provide an introduction to best practices for cyanotype printing with objects, and we will learn how to make a good contact negative.
WEEK TWO: BOTANICAL TONING OF CYANOTYPES
Week two we will learn how to tone blueprints naturally, using plants and gentle mineral baths, for light bleaching and nontoxic toning.
WEEK THREE: CYANOLUMENS
Week three we will explore cyanolumens, a method that combines the cyanotype process and silver gelatin paper for unique effects.
Cyanotype Printing: Cyanotype photography is a camera-less technique that involves laying an object on paper coated with a solution of iron salts before exposing it to UV light and washing with water to create stunning white and Prussian blue images.
Level: All
Online Dates and Times: Wednesdays, August 14th, 21st, and 28th, 6:30pm-9pm.
Location: Zoom / Online
Price: $250.00, Member Price / $300.00, Non-Member Price (Non-Member price includes a one-year membership to the Griffin Museum, a $75 value).
Max Class Size: 12
Materials: The instructor will provide a materials list prior to the start of the class.
About the Instructor
Anne Eder is an interdisciplinary artist and in-demand educator. She has been internationally exhibited, awarded, and published, including multiple international awards in alternative process photography. She is currently a lecturer in the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, instructor in the Harvard Ceramics Program, Harvard University, faculty at Penumbra Foundation in NYC, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. She teaches workshops at venues across the country and, via online learning, all over the world. Much of her work is experimental and research based, combining historic processes, science, and contemporary conceptual thinking.
Throughout her career she has been an advocate for increased access to the arts, and the creation of public art is a dedicated part of her practice. She lives in New England with her fabulous chihuahua, The Brain.
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