Julia will start with the basics of how to make a cyanotype print by mixing chemistry, coating paper and/or fabric, and developing the print using the sun. She will cover how to print using fresh and pressed plants, printing with three-dimensional objects (string, plastic bags, glass jars, jewelry, etc.), printing with paper cutouts, and how to create and print with photographic negatives. Julia will also go over more experimental techniques including wet cyanotype and toning. Demonstrations will include altering cyanotypes with paints, collages, and multiple exposures. This medium is infinite in ways to combine techniques during the creation of the print and after it has been printed.

The workshop does not require any previous experience in cyanotype.

Sometimes considered a printmaking technique, sometimes a photographic technique, artist/educator Julia Whitney Barnes approaches the medium as someone painting with light. She is interested in creating objects that feel both beautiful and mysterious.…