The first Piece, an Artist’s Book Our assignment was to make three separated artist’s books: a simple pamphlet book, an accordion fold book and an artist’s book. While Jean was introducing and demonstrating the processes, I was thinking about a concept that is related to the theme of time which I have been exploring in…
I made some images using image transfers. The only method I tried was the Packaging Tape method, because it was the quickest and I didn’t have much time. I had the idea to make a picture about the launch of Jeff Bezos’ private spaceship, the New Shepard. We talked about it at the beginning of…
In this lesson, students will use the cyanotype process to create t-shirts that tell about who they are, without using a face. The images will concentrate on creating a meaningful composition, using anything available that will block the sun to create the portrait. The rules: Students cannot tell anyone what they are trying to do. …
The second concept I have for a cyanotype lesson is also for a High School photography class. In this lesson, students would create a photo of a figure performing an action. This could be any action, dancing, reading, sleeping, playing a sport, etc. Students would make decisions about how they wish to treat the movement,…
Postcard from Nowhere: Collage with Cyanotype, Photographic Prints and Drawing Elements This project would be for a photography class, and involves some use of mixed media as well. It would happen late in the semester, once students have done some photography and made inkjet prints, including test prints which would provide raw material in the…
On my third day of attempting to make cyanotypes, I tried again to use the drawing robot to mark time. I used an old piece of Arches cold press watercolor paper that had been languishing in a cardboard portfolio for years. (more about that in a bit) I had prepared the paper the morning before,…
I love the process of cyanotype and the deep blue color. In High School, we had an experimental photography class where we did poster-size enlargements by unbolting the enlargers in the darkroom and turning them around to aim at the floor in order to print our images large on bulk photo paper. We also made…