advanced cyanotype printing

Instructor: Stephanie Slate

Friday, July 26, 6 - 8pm
Saturday, July 27, 12 - 4pm
Sunday, July 28, 12 - 4pm

*Registration Deadline: July 12

In this workshop will explore advanced techniques using the Cyanotype process. Cyanotype is a non-toxic photographic process that produces a cyan blue print using UV light.

This workshop is meant to build upon the skills learned in June’s Cyanotype basic workshop. However, that is not a prerequisite, and prior experience will not be required. 

Cyanotype is an affordable and forgiving process which lends itself nicely to experimentation. There is a wide range of visual effects that can be used with this medium. In this 3-day workshop we will practice different coating, exposure, developing and toning techniques to achieve desired visual results. We will also use different printing surfaces, such as wood and fabric.

Using materials commonly found in one’s kitchen – sea salt, turmeric powder, tannic acid (tea), and dish soap – we can achieve new textures and surprising colors. 

Lastly, different bleaching and toning techniques will be covered.

Open to all levels

Friday: 6-8pm. Process review, look at examples and coat paper for tomorrow.

Saturday: 12-4. Explore different coating and exposure techniques. Different printing surfaces such as fabric and wood will be introduced.

Sunday: 12-4. Toning, bleaching, and added layer techniques will be introduced.

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Instructor bio:
Stephanie Slate is an artist who primarily uses alternative and historic processes in photography and printmaking such as photogravure. Her work often explores darker themes such as loss, death, the afterlife and the Unknown.

In 2008 Slate received her BFA in photography from Pratt Institute in New York and in 2016 she earned her MFA in Studio Art from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Slate teaches Fine Art Photography to Summer Prep students at the University of Pennsylvania and has been teaching workshops in pin hole photography and cyanotype since 2008. Her work has been published in Seities magazine, the Hand magazine, SHOTS, Aeonian magazine and Nikon’s best of college photography book. Her work has been exhibited internationally and resides in permanent collections such as The University of Denver Special Collections, The University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy. Notable awards include grand prize winner of Living Image exhibition at the Halide Project, UArts President’s fund for Excellence award and portfolio winner of Seities magazine cyanotype issue.Aaron M. Cohen is a photographer and educator based in Philadelphia. He began volunteering at The Halide Project in 2019. His photography has been featured online on sites such as CNN, Vice, and LaRepubblica. as well as in publications such as Time Out New York, The Sun Magazine, and GEO. Most recently, photos from his project “The Communitarians” were featured in the exhibition "A Section of Now" at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. In 2021, he founded The Parallax Review (@parallaxreview), an online site dedicated to critical writing on photography. 

This workshop has been generously sponsored The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.