Workshop Description:
Explore the possibilities of printing on fabric with the Cyanotype and Cyanotype toning processes! This alternative photography workshop focuses on the historical Cyanotype photo process using found objects and dye plants to create one-of-a-kind images on fabric.
Cyanotype prints will then be toned with dye plants and local botanical materials found in Manitoba. This workshop is suitable for beginners to photography, as well as those with little to no experience in the Cyanotype processes
Participants will learn how to create Cyanotype prints on fabric and will be encouraged to bring objects and natural elements from the Winnipeg area ecosystem to create photograms. A photogram is a photographic technique that uses objects as ‘negatives’, and that allows the print to be created in situ with available materials.
Participants will leave with:
· Knowledge of the history of the Cyanotype processes in the context of the broader history of photography
· Understanding of material qualities of different natural fabrics, plant dyes, and the water used for development
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Hands-on experience of the Cyanotype processes
Hands-on experience of the Cyanotype toning process
Introduction to methodology for experimentation and note-taking for further exploration
Registration Fee for participants: $128
Bio:
Sarah Fuller is a settler-Canadian artist of Icelandic and British descent who works across the mediums of photography, video and installation. She makes work about place, local narratives and ecosystems. She holds an MFA from the University of Ottawa and a BFA from Emily Carr University.
Recent exhibitions include Remold at the C2 Centre for Craft, Redesigning Paradise at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies with artists Mary Anne Barkhouse, Dianne Bos and
Penelope Stewart, Terra Incogknita at PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts, and Refugio at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery. Sarah’s work is in public and private collections including the Canada Council for the Arts Art Bank, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Walter Phillips Gallery, the Indie Photobook Library and Global Affairs Canada.
She currently teaches as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba and serves as the Secretary on the Board of the FLASH Photography Festival.
