Discover these historic 19th century alternative image-making by working with photosensitive solutions that can be hand-applied to numerous types of natural fiber surfaces such as printmaking papers, fabrics, and wood. Cyanotype will be explored first to produce images in rich shades of blue. Then the gum bichromate process will be introduced in which students will be working with photosensitized watercolor pigments. Light resists such as translucent drawings, traditional and digital negatives, botanicals, and semi-transparent objects will be placed upon the coated surface during exposure to strong light to create the final prints. Because these processes are contact printed, enlarging small format negatives and digital captures, as well as scanning art or objects to create digital ink jet negatives will be taught. By printing multi-layered images using a full range of colors, students will create images with incredible luminosity. The results are a magical combination of painting and photography. Sandra C. Davis has been teaching non-silver printmaking processes for eight years at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She also teaches non-silver printmaking and gum bichromate printing at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, Mercer County College, NJ and Peters Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ. She recently received her MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts where she has published several artist books. She has contributed to A Non-silver Manual by Sarah Van Keuren and has work published in The Book of Alternative Processes, Second Edition. Her award-winning images have been exhibited nationwide and are in public, corporate, and private collections. This workshop is open to all skill levels. Materials Fee: $20 for specialized materials (to be paid at workshop orientation) PLEASE NOTE: In addition to the workshop tuition, all participants are required to enroll in a one-unit course at Grossmont College. The course fee is $32 (non-residents should contact Grossmont College directly for additional fee information). The course fee is to be paid at the workshop orientation. |