Cyanotype: The Art of Sun-Printed Botanicals

Cyanotype: The Art of Sun-Printed Botanicals is a hands-on workshop taught by Sonia Pal, introducing adults to one of the earliest photographic processes. Participants use sunlight and natural materials to create blue-and-white prints while learning the historical and scientific foundations of the technique. The experience is beginner-friendly, tactile, and designed to offer a restorative, screen-free creative reset.

Workshop Overview:

A hands-on introduction to the historic cyanotype process — a 19th-century

photographic printing technique that uses sunlight and natural objects to create

luminous blue-and-white prints.

Participants will:

• Learn the origins of cyanotype as one of the earliest photographic processes
• Work with light-sensitive paper and botanical materials
• Create their own sun-developed print
• Explore slow art-making as a restorative, analog ritual

• No prior experience required
• All supplies will be provided for class
• Ages 16+

Three dates to choose from:

• Saturday, May 16th, 2-5pm
• Saturday, June 13th, 1-4pm
• Saturday, July 11th, 1-4pm

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Host or Publisher Lune Spark Center for Creativity