Cyanotype workshop

Create your own unique sunprint

Come and observe the unique landmarks of Bere Marsh Farm in Dorset, and be inspired to create.

A Cyanotype is a photographic printing method that produces images with a distinctive Prussian-blue colour. Prints are made by applying a light sensitive solution to paper and then placing objects on top to mask the UV light from the prepared paper. When the paper is exposed to UV light the areas will turn blue.

The process was developed in 1842 by the scientist and astronomer Sir John Herschel, who employed it to reproduce notes and diagrams  (the technology would be widely used in architecture and engineering until the mid-20th century, hence the term “blueprint”).

Working in the Threshing Barn at the wonderful Bere Marsh Farm we will take inspiration from the surrounding wild flower meadows which have been rewilded as part of their regeneration projects. We will start the day by taking a gentle stroll to the meadows and gather grasses and seed heads to use in our prints. We will learn all about the process of making cyanotypes to create a set of unique prints that you can take home at the end of the day.