CYANOTYPE 101 w/ PRAISE FULLER

Praise will introduce the medium, her practice, and avenues for experimentation. After preparing the paper, participants spend time building their designs before exposure/printing. Cyanotype 101 is beginner-friendly and perfect for those who want to problem-solve in community.

All materials will be provided, including a variety of photo negatives. Participants are invited to bring in items of their own to experiment printing with. What to bring:

Natural Items
• Leaves, ferns, flowers (pressed or fresh)
• Feathers, shells, twigs, vines
• Grasses, herbs, petals, seed pods

Fabric and Textiles
• Lace, doilies, mesh, or netting
• Thin open-weave fabrics (cheesecloth, tulle)
• Embroidery, crochet pieces, textured scraps

Household Objects
• Keys
• Scissors, combs, jewelry, glasses
• Chains, clips, utensils, small tools

Paper and Transparencies
• Printed images on acetate or transparency film
• Cut-paper stencils or handwritten notes on clear plastic
• Magazine cutouts, layered drawings on tracing paper

Experimental Materials
• Preserved butterfly or insect wings
• Fishnet stockings
• Crumpled plastic wrap or bubble wrap for texture
• Tape, string, or anything that can create interesting shadows

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Praise Fuller (b. Houston, Texas) is a New York-based, self-taught artist, poet, and educator with a practice spanning printmaking, installation, and mixed media with a central focus on the cyanotype process. Fuller’s work emerges from historical analysis and introspection, exploring what lies beyond the constraints of family, the church, trauma, and the cultural realities of the South. These introspections are interwoven with the concept of “rememory,” a term borrowed from Toni Morrison, which reflects how memory exists beyond, or even escapes, the individual mind by inhabiting objects, places, and communities.