Calavera Cyanotype Workshop

Create an ethereal calavera cyanotype print with pressed flowers and the sun to adorn your Día de los Muertos altar or your home. Calavera Cyanotype Workshop Why Cyanotype? Cyanotype is one of the earliest photographic processes developed. It is a versatile method of developing solar and UV light photographic prints and can be applied to a variety of surfaces, like paper, wood, fabric, glass, and pottery. The world of cyanotypes is vast and offers so much room to play and explore. You can create a photographic print using any object, plant, or negative transparency. What happens in this workshop? Artist, educator, and momma, Virginia (@chulita_dibuja), will guide you through the entire process of creating a cyanotype photogram. Explore the chemistry behind cyanotype and watch the sun work its magic in real time as the solar reactive solution darkens into a rich cyan blue after being rinsed in water. You will end up with an ethereal floral and botanical calavera sun print. Here comes a bonus... are you ready?! While your calavera sun print is drying, you will get to create a smaller talavera dove or sacred heart sun print (see pictures featured.) Once your calavera sun print is dry, you will glue pressed flowers around your calavera to give it a vibrant pop of color. About the Artist Virginia Ramirez is a self-taught multi-disciplinary artist, educator, and momma born in Michoacan, México and raised in LA. She has been practicing and teaching art for over 5 years throughout various communities in Los Angeles county. Her goal is to make art making experiences fun and accessible and help participants tap into a creative rhythm that honors curiosity, play, and culture. Her artistic practice and exploration is rooted in identity, beauty, nature, culture and motherhood. ****************************************** 📚 All materials provided 🎨 No prior experience required📍Gio's Cafe