Blue Prints: The Cyanotype Process
Online Workshop
Instructor: Judi Tentor
August 14, 2021, 1 – 4 PM, Pacific time
Fee: $50, includes materials fee and mailing
This is a single-session Zoom workshop
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REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JULY 31, 2021, TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP TO ALLOW FOR KIT SHIPPING
Recent work by Judi Tentor: Feather Boa Kelp, a 15-foot long exposure of a seaweed, accordion folded and bound.
Description: Blue is the world’s favorite color! Learn the history and process of cyanotype and learn about contemporary artists using cyanotype in their practice. Create hand drawn negatives and use objects to make blue photograms. All steps in the cyanotype process will be demonstrated. Make several prints with prepared coated paper provided in the class kit.
A kit is included and will be shipped to students two weeks before class. The kit contains hand coated cyanotype watercolor paper, a DIY contact frame, and tracing paper to create hand drawn negatives.
Please make sure your membership account has your correct mailing address so the kit will be shipped to the right place!
Instructor: Judi Tentor is a photographer and book artist based in San Diego, California. She uses analog historic photographic and print processes in her practice and has created photograms and taught cyanotype photography at the ocean shore in San Diego and in Nova Scotia.
Materials to have on hand during the workshop:
- Pen, Pencils, Markers
- Various objects that are fairly flat such as keys, buttons, lace, botanicals, plant leaves, flowers, tools, photo negatives, anything that is translucent….
- Clipboard or cardboard (cardboard included in kit)
- Binder clips or clothespins to hold tracing paper onto cardboard or clipboard
- Plastic wrap for more 3-D objects
- Tray for water to develop prints (minimum 6” x 8”)—a plastic or glass dish will work for this purpose and can be re-used in the kitchen after it is washed.
We will use the sun to expose our paper, so if you have a sunny windowsill or can step outside that would be best. Ideally, set up your device where you have easy access to sun. Otherwise a UV bulb (external link) can be used.
Optional:
- Hydrogen peroxide to accelerate intensification of the print.
For questions about this workshop contact: Dorothy McCuistion dorothykmc@gmail.com
Blue Prints: The Cyanotype Process
Blue Prints: The Cyanotype Process