WIP Lab Workshop: Cyanotypes

Join artist and PhD student Kean O’Brien to explore cyanotypes in this workshop! Create striking cyan-blue images by placing objects on a light-sensitive surface and exposing them to sunlight.

Unlike other photographic techniques, cyanotype is simple and hands-on. Cyanotype is a historic photographic printing process, first discovered in 1842 by Sir John Herschel, an accomplished astronomer and scientist, and developed as a way to reproduce diagrams. There’s no need for a darkroom—just sunlight and a special iron salt solution. We’ll provide all the materials you need, or you can bring along small objects or natural items to use in your own unique cyanotype prints.

Saturday, September 13
1pm-3pm
Nancy Nicholas Hall
3rd Floor Terrace and Room 3260

Host or Publisher Center for Design & Material Culture