Instructor: Susan Murie
Monday - Friday
August 31 - September 4
9am - 12pm
Open Studio: Mon-Thurs, 1pm -4pm
5 sessions
In this class we will fine tune our cyanotype making skills and by the end of the class have a set of finished prints.
You will learn:
How to make the best negatives for cyanotype printing from your own photographs
Experiment with other materials to print with such as cutouts, silhouettes, translucent papers, lace and other textures
How to make and use a variety of toners from natural materials
Which fine art papers give you the blue hue you are looking for
How to print on a cotton, linen and silk fabrics
How to alter the ratios of cyanotype solutions to achieve desired effects
How the new Mike Ware cyanotype solution compares to the traditional solution
How to apply layers of cyanotype solution for interesting effects
We will cover the origins of cyanotype and look at the work of contemporary artists using cyanotype as part of their practice.
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Susan Murie is an artist living and working in Boston, MA. Recent exhibitions include the Copley Society of Art, Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Cambridge Art Association, Mass Art Auctions, CAA @ CANAL, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery and Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts. She has been interviewed in and work written about in Art Scope Magazine, Podcast CyanUtopia, Boston Magazine - Boston Home, What Will You Remember Best Photo Picks and INKQ, Inky Leaves Publishing, London. Her work is in collections at Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collections, The City of Somerville, Raffles Hotel Boston, Bellagio Hotel Las Vegas, Ritz Carlton, San Francisco and private collections in the US.