Introduction to Cyanotype with Adam Finkelston Tuesday June 10th 11am -3pm
The cyanotype process is a relatively easy, yet endlessly versatile photographic process. It can be used on a number of surfaces, including paper and fabric as well as glass and wood. The initial natural color is a beautiful deep blue, but through toning, the color can range to grays, browns and black. It can be used in combination with a wide range of other media. In this workshop, participants will learn the simple mixing of the chemical emulsion, explore various ways of making both photographic and non-photographic negatives, use some simple toners, and enjoy the process of exposing and developing their own images on paper and fabric. All participants will leave with enough emulsion to go home and make more cyanotypes on their own. No darkroom or special photographic experience is necessary!
Instructor Bio:
Adam Finkelston is an educator, artist, and publisher based in Kansas City. He has taught cyanotype and other alternative photographic processes to hundreds of students at the high school level, at the Kansas City Art Institute, and at public and private workshops in Kansas City, Albuquerque, New Orleans, and St. Joseph, MO. He has shown his own artwork in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. Mr. Finkelston is also the publisher of The Hand Magazine, an international journal for photography, printmaking and collage. The Hand Magazine celebrates and encourages the presence of the artist’s hand in reproduction-based processes.
This Workshop is $100+$10 lab fee. Lab fees pay for tools and materials.
***NOTE!***
* This is an introductory class.
*This class requires moderate hand strength and a dexterity.
*this is a nontoxic process
*Masks optional
*Children 12-16 must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian. Children 12-17 admission are half price with full price adult admission. Email greenhouseprintspace@gmail.com for information.
*Passes MUST be purchased prior to the start of class.
This class is produced by by Greenhouse Print Space, and hosted at Kansas City Center for Ink and Paper Arts, in the Hobbs Building, 1427 West 9th st KCMO 64101, In the Historic West Bottoms