Cyanotypes on Handmade Paper: A three-session series of workshops

Session one can be taken by itself, or skipped for the cyanotype

the cyanotype is two sessions.  Call to register 303 733 2730

Handmade paper can add that extra element to your artistic projects that make them really stand out. This three-session series of workshops will combine handmade paper and the alternative photographic process of cyanotypes. Cyanotypes are one of the earliest (and easiest!) photographic processes, and participants in this workshop will learn two different methods for creating photographic images on paper they make!  Please note that these workshops can be taken individually, but are designed to work together.

Session One: Handmade Paper for Cyanotypes

Session Two: Cyanotype Photograms on Handmade Paper

Session Three: Cyanotype Prints on Handmade Paper Using Digital Negatives

DEMO February 11 - FREE call to reserve you seat

Cyanotype printing is a photographic technique developed in the 19^th century and widely used in contemporary alternative photography. This fun and user friendly process doesn’t require a darkroom and can be easily explored at home, and works great on handmade paper! Anne van Leeuwen will demonstrate both paper making and cyanotype printing, which can be further explored in the three session series of workshops they will be teaching in February and March.

Anne van Leeuwen Bio:

Anne has been a hand papermaker for 27 years.  During the last 15 years, she has incorporated alternative photography, finding that the two media complement each other.

Anne received her BA in Design from UCLA .  Her papermaking training includes Carriage House (Brookline, MA), Fabriano (Italy), Taos Paperworks (New Mexico), and workshops in Italy and France sponsored by the International Association of Papermakers (IAPMA).  Her alternative photographic specialties include cyanotype, gum bichromate, and van Dyke emulsions.

Recent exhibitions include:
- Breaking the Mould (United Kingdom), in a traveling exhibition sponsored by IAPMA;
- International Exhibition & Symposium for Paper Art (Cheongju, Korea),  invited paper/alt photo pieces;
- Alternative & Early Processes, The Camera Club, (London, England), where Anne won the Bronze Medal.

Most recently, Anne taught both papermaking and cyanotype printing for three years at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (Birmingham, Michigan).  Previously, she taught workshops at the Banff Center for the Arts (Canada), Middle Tennessee State University, and the University of the South (Sewanee, Tennessee).

She continues working and showing in Denver, Colorado, where she has excellent light for photography and a dry atmosphere for papermaking.