Would you like to conjure up beautiful blue images with sunlight? Then our cyanotype workshop is just the thing for you! Cyanotype is a printing technique that was discovered almost 200 years ago and used in the first photography book ever. Using the power of the sun and a special mixture that makes the paper light-sensitive, fascinating blue and white works of art are created.
In this workshop, you will learn the history of the process, see some examples of how it has been used, and make some prints yourself. Materials will be supplied, but you are welcome to bring anything you’d like to use to make prints including leaves, photographic negatives, or anything else. Let your imagination be your guide…
Meet the Instructor
Lena Shiffman attended Spectrum Institute of Commercial Art in NJ, and later studied at The Parsons School of Design and the Art Students League in New York City. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and member of Rutgers University council on children’s Literature (RUCCL).
Her first book was Keeping a Christmas Secret written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, which received a Christopher award in 1989. Since then she has created many drawings for Cricket Magazine and illustrated numerous books for Scholastic Inc., including Dancing with Manatees, which has sold more than half a million copies in countries all over the world.