Suda House
Tuesday–Thursday, 10 AM–2 PM
September 1–3
(3 Days, 12 total hours of instruction)
La Jolla Studio
$200/220 + $40 materials fee paid to instructor
From one of the first woman photographers, Anna Atkins to lifestyle icon DIY celebrity, Martha Stewart—the Cyanotype Photographic Process continues to fascinate us with its beautiful tones of Prussian blue by the contact printing of objects (photograms) to using today’s digital negatives.
This light sensitive process, activated by the ultraviolet rays of the sun and continues its revival from its discovery in the 19th century through the 20th century with its re-discovery as an alternative process. Now—fine art photographers are exploring it in response to the onslaught of digital technologies and the pesky pixel.
In this three-day intensive workshop, you will push the process further by cyanotype printing on fabric. You will be introduced to the basic procedures using commercially coated fabrics, then move quickly to hand applied emulsions on various fabrics from cotton and linen to silk. By embedding the photographic image within the ply-ability of fabric, you can explore finishing strategies for the image, from sewing, embroidering, quilting, garment making to creating sculptural forms with the photogram to a photographic image on fabric.
Materials: A $40 materials fee paid to Suda covers pre-coated Jacquard fabrics, cyanotype solutions for coating, a few swatches of pure cotton and linen fabrics, coating brushes, and other enhancement recipes to alter the cyanotype blue. contact printing frames will also be provided for use in class.
Additional fabrics will be the responsibility of the student.
Max students: 10
Immediately after you register, look for a confirmation email and receipt. In the week preceding the class start date, you will receive another email with more details.