Blueprinting Leaves and Flowers with Cyan

Participants will learn a wonderful way to make a direct print on paper of leaves and flowers using cyan dyes when exposed to the sun.  We will start by placing leaves and flowers directly onto prepared cyan paper then exposing to the sun under glass sheet.  Then we will use black paint and a brush to paint a flower image into a sheet of plastic. This is then exposed to the sun over prepared paper.

Artist Biography: Valerie Cuthbert

I am a dedicated printmaker who loves to share techniques and printmaking ideas with colleagues and students.  Since attending printmaking classes with well known printmaker Joan Taylor from 2004 - 2013 I have explored the medium further with  international and national tutors, keeping aware of the constantly changing contemporary printmaking scene.

I teach and exhibit regularly at both Estuary Arts Centre in Orewa, and at Lake House Arts Centre in Takapuna where I am a  member of resident group Rata printmakers. I am a life member of our national body the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Past and present work can be seen at www.valcuthbert.com

Workshop for 15yrs upwards.