This hybrid workshop will be held weekly over 3 sessions, starting with a one-and-a-half-hour introduction, instructions for creating digital negatives using Photoshop, and presentation of the techniques (with a handout) over Zoom. The following two weeks will be two-hour in-person sessions at The Printing Museum 

Caroline will briefly demonstrate coating the paper as well as bringing ready-coated paper so that you can get started right away! Several sheets of pre-coated paper and transparency film for printing negatives will be provided.  All cyanotype chemicals and paper will be provided. For this workshop we will be printing using a UV exposure unit – it is more accurate but much slower than sunshine. Each attendee can present their work and we can troubleshoot problems. A suggested materials list will also be provided a couple of weeks before the first class, covering the various negative films, pens for hand-drawing negatives, suggested papers, and where to purchase cyanotype chemicals.

Topics will include:

• creating digital negatives and printing on film (a technical bit!)

• cyanotype ratios and wash techniques for printing images (another technical bit!)

• how to determine exposure time no matter your UV source

• troubleshooting printing issues

• suggested papers for getting good prints