Fiona Clabon

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Workshops

Learn the historic cyanotype printing process through hands-on workshops exploring light, botanicals, composition, and experimental image-making.

Workshop participants holding up the cyanotype prints they created during a hands-on printmaking session

Slow, tactile photography

These workshops introduce participants to the magic of cyanotype — one of the earliest photographic printing techniques.

You'll create rich Prussian-blue prints using found objects, plants, negatives, and sunlight. No experience needed.

  • • Small group sessions
  • • Materials included
  • • Indoor & outdoor making
  • • Beginner friendly

Workshop Gallery

A selection of prints, process images, and previous workshop sessions.

Participants exposing their cyanotypes to sunlightFiona Clabon and a workshop participant pointing to cyanotype artworksWorkshop participant placing acrylic on top of flowers to press them during the cyanotype-making processAcrylic pressed against cyanotype print showing a botanical design created from flowersWorkshop participants looking at their cyanotype prints as they develop in the sunlightFreshly exposed cyanotype print before rinsingParticipants exposing their cyanotypes to sunlightFreshly washed cyanotype prints drying on a towelHands displaying a cyanotype artwork as participants examine the finished printFiona Clabon rising a cyanotype print during a workshopHands arranging leaves in a circle of cyanotype solution during the printmaking processHands using tweezers to pick flowers from a flower buffet during a cyanotype workshop

What you'll learn

• Preparing light-sensitive chemistry

• Coating paper and fabric

• Exposure techniques using sunlight and UV

• Washing, drying, and preserving prints

• Experimental layering and composition

Upcoming workshops

Workshops run seasonally in small groups. Private bookings and community sessions are also available.

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