Learn how to make you very own Cyanotypes in a 3 hour workshop! This historical process involves contact printing objects and negatives onto light-sensitive paper in the sun. It is fun, easy to learn and ideal for experimentation.
Get an overview of the cyanotype process and what a cyanotype is
Learn how to prepare your own light-sensitive cyanotype paper
Explore ways of creating your very own pieces of art using objects and negatives
Practise exposing and developing the paper to produce beautiful prints
Each person will produce a variety of bespoke pieces of art, learn how to archival mount ready to frame and put on your walls
You also get to take away a DIY cyanotype art kit complete with everything you will need to continue to print at home. (Kit to be collected at the workshop)
Cyanotype is one of the earliest forms of photographic process (It dates back to the mid-1800s) distinctive for its Prussian blue monochrome prints produced in sunlight. This is an effective way of introducing newcomers to photography and the principles of light and light sensitive materials.
Sat • May 30th • 9.30am -12.30pm Sat • Aug 1st • 9.30am -12.30pm
West Elm TCR
209 Tottenham Court Rd Bloomsbury London W1T 7PN
Sat • April 4th • 11.00am -2.00pm Sat • May 9th • 11.00am -2.00pm Sat • July 18th • 11.00am -2.00pm
1 x Instruction booklet
1 x Bottle cyanotype sensitiser 50ml (coats approx 30-50 sheets of 10 x 8" paper)
1 x Light proof bag (to fit 10 x 8" paper)
1 x Foam brush (small)
1 x Pair of vinyl (powder and latex free) gloves
1 x Glass clip frame 10 x 8"
1 x Set of 4 bulldog clips
5 x Sheets of cotton watercolour paper
2 x A5 blank transparencies
1 x Screen printed notebook
1 X Sticker set
2 x Button pin badges
A sense of playfulness
Materials that you would like to make prints, for example: flowers, feathers, buttons, leaves with interesting shapes, semi-transparent materials, ideas for drawings or paper cut-outs, negatives or digital print-outs onto transparencies.
An apron or old clothes (splashes of the liquids can stain)
And lastly, your lovely selves!
Tickets will be emailed to you and the DIY Art Kit is to be collected at the workshop. If you cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at least 48 hours prior to the workshop and we can offer you a refund or an exchange for another workshop.
