Cyanotype Photography Workshop

The Pearse Museum wishes to invite you, to join in with us in an unusual workshop.

In the grayscale days of early photography, the cyanotype was a splash of electric blue. Today, this alternative process continues to attract the curious and experimental, seduced by its simple development and distinct aesthetic. In this workshop, we will explore this simple photographic process, learning about how negatives work, by using cyanotype coated paper and UV light to develop blue tinted photographs. We will also use Cyanotype to explore its earliest use, as a quick and affordable way to produce botany studies, as championed by the artist and botanist, Anna Atkins, from the early days of photography in the 19th century.

This special Heritage Week event will take place in the Nádúrlann (Nature room study) located in St Enda’s Park, in the court Yard, opposite the Tea Rooms. Booking essential as places are limited. Call 01 493 4208 or email emile.crowther@opw.ie for further information.