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WORKSHOP IS $100The cyanotype process is a photographic process that dates back to 1842 by Sir John Frederick William Herschel. It was one of the first ways of producing photographs. This alternative printing process uses UV rays to make prints. Each piece is made by applying the cyanotype solution to the material, arranging the flowers, foliage or objects on the material and exposing it to the sun. After it is washed with water, the piece turns to a Persian blue. In this workshop, you will learn how to make your own cyanotypes and go home with your very own kit!
Please feel free to bring any objects flowers, leaves, tools (any object that makes a distinct shape) or film (film must be black and white). Flowers will also be provided by the instructor.
What’s included?
A cyanotype kit and instructions so you can make your own cyanotypes at home. Each kit comes with Potassium ferricyanide and Ferric ammonium citrate (both are completely non toxic), water color paper, a brush to coat the solution, plexiglass and cardboard for printing.
Learn how to make cyanotypes step by step! Each participant will make a 9”x12” print and a 6”x10” textile to take home.
Mary Margaret Johnson was born and raised in San Antonio, TX and received her BA in Fine Arts at Sewanee: The University of the South in 2018. She received The Shepard’s Photography Award in 2016 for her photographic work. She lived and worked in Haiti, Ecuador, New Orleans, Tennessee, Tanzania and Senegal before returning to San Antonio. Mary Margaret has continued her photographic work in San Antonio while learning other mediums like large scale murals, printmaking and mixed media painting. However, her true love is alternative photographic printing: cyanotypes, platinum-palladium, gum printing and salt printing.
Currently, she is working on a body of work using cyanotypes and mixed media. Mary Margaret also received a minor in community and civic engagement. So, she is very passionate about working in the community Specifically, when using art as a tool for community and civic engagement/development. She was a part of Zamni Foto from 2015-2018, a community development project in Cange, Haiti, that uses photography as the main tool for development. In 2021, she assisted in managing Lionel Sosa’s “Living In My Skin” project.
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San Antonio Center of Photography, ,San Antonio,TX,United States
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