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Cyanotype Demo with Samael Leopold-Sullivan
August 6, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
We were hoping for a bright sunny day! Looks like the weather will be rainy/cloudy all day so we’ve borrowed a UV light and will proceed indoors!
…so we can have some fun with Cyanotype outside at Wet Paint!
Samael Leopold-Sullivan will show us the process and some cool tricks. We’ll have lots of objects for you to use in making your own print…stencils, plants, film, photographic images…
Stop by and bring a friend! Just about any age will enjoy this solar activated printing try-it.
Cyanotype is an antique photographic process distinctive for producing Prussian blue monochromatic prints. Developed in the mid-19th century, cyanotype was quickly embraced as an inexpensive method for reproducing photographs, documents, maps and plans (hence the enduring architectural term “blueprint”).
Famously, it was also used by Ana Atkins and other field biologists for indexing plant specimens—the first photograms ever made! Cyanotype is a remarkably simple process that employs two inexpensive chemicals and sunlight/UV. Prints can be made on any natural fiber: paper, cotton, silk, wool, wood, etc.
Please let us know you are coming so we can plan ahead. Thanks!
| Samael Leopold-Sullivan creates visceral creatures in dialogue with industrial spaces, deepening self-understanding and reflection within the viewer. They graduated Cum Laude from Macalester College in 2014 with a B.A. in Studio Art and Environmental Studies, and completed an M.F.A. in Sculpture/Dimensional Studies at Alfred University in 2019. Active in the Conspiracy of Strange Girls, they also teach at the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center. Leopold-Sullivan has outdoor sculpture installed at Salem Art Works and Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, and their work is carried at the Nokomis Gallery, XII Vultures, AZ Gallery, and Dare Minneapolis. |
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