Blue Print Workshop - Photo & Drawing

Join us for a workshop on the old photographic printing technique Blue print and create your own deep blue prints.

Blue printing, or Cyanotypy as it is also called, is an ancient photographic printing technique from the 19th century, where Sunlight or UV light is used as a source of exposure. The process of creation is completely analogous, which makes each image created unique.

In this workshop we will work with photography or drawing as a motif - you choose yourself and bring your own motif.

You will get a basic introduction to Blue Print. We will mix two iron salts so that they turn into a photosensitive emulsion and brush them on paper in a darkroom. While the paper dries, we will create our own negatives by transferring the selected motif to a transparent one. After this, we learn to illuminate our motif on the paper with a UV lamp and finally we induce our pressure in a water bath.

Bring a selected photo or drawing that you want to work with as a motif. It is important that there is a good contrast ratio in the image/drawing. That is, there are areas that are completely light and areas that are very dark. Use as a selection criterion that your subject should be able to work well as a black and white photo. That you like the composition of the image and that the colors are not important. Bring your subject in digital or physical form. Feel free to choose two photos/drawings if you have any doubts, we will choose the one that works best for the purpose together.

Please send your design in advance as a digital file to [ro@rostudio.dk](mailto: ro@rostudio.dk) and we will make the most of our time together at the workshop:)

No prior knowledge is required to attend the workshop - both beginners and experienced blueprinters are welcome.