Into The Light | Cyanotype Workshop from the Linnean Collections

This is an in-person workshop.

PLEASE NOTE: Full refunds are given up to seven days before the event.

Join us for a cyanotype printing workshop at the Linnean Society. You'll learn about the history of the cyanotype process and its connection to early botany. You will also discover the history of nature printing and how it has been used to document plant specimens.

The workshop will guide you through the proces of making your own cyanotype, from coating paper and arranging botanical specimens from specimens in the Linnean Collections (exclusively for this workshop), to creating your print with UV light. At the end, you will be able to create your own Anna Atkins-style cyanotype specimen print. This hands-on session provides an opportunity to explore the intersection of science and art in botanical studies.

Martha Gray is a London based curator and artist, working with alternative photographic mediums. Her practice applies alternative methods of creative thinking to historic photographic processes in response to themes of sustainability, feminism, and the natural world. Gray is an editor for the online platform Alternative Processes, and a member of The London Alternative Photography Collective as a Project Leader.

This is part one of three-part event collaboration with The London Alternative Photography Collective - the next two parts will be free online lectures on various aspects of sustainable photography and printmaking.

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