Blueprinting leaves and flowers with cyan
Learn a wonderful way to make a direct print on paper of leaves and flowers using cyan dyes when exposed to the sun. The workshop starts with placing leaves and flowers directly onto prepared cyan paper then exposing to the sun under glass sheet. Then you 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.
Open to adults and teenagers, beginners welcome.
Length of workshop 2 hours
Max.10 min. 6, $30
Book your ticket at Humantix
Tutor Fee: 3 hours @ $40 per hour (includes ½ hour set up, ½ hour clean up) $120.00
Material fee: $10 pp will be charged for prepared cyan paper and paint.
All other materials provided, brushes and some leaves and flowers. Flower images to copy, plastic sheet, glass. Sun box in case of a rainy day.
Saturday
26 April 2025
10am - 12pm
$30
2025-04-26 10:00:00
2025-04-26 12:00:00
Pacific/Auckland
10am - 12pm
: 10am - 12pm $30
Learn a wonderful way to make a direct print on paper of leaves and flowers using cyan dyes when exposed to the sun. The workshop starts with placing leaves and flowers directly onto prepared cyan paper then exposing to the sun under glass sheet. Then you 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.
Open to adults and teenagers, beginners welcome.
Length of workshop 2 hours
Max.10 min. 6, $30
Book your ticket at Humantix
Tutor Fee: 3 hours @ $40 per hour (includes ½ hour set up, ½ hour clean up) $120.00
Material fee: $10 pp will be charged for prepared cyan paper and paint.
All other materials provided, brushes and some leaves and flowers. Flower images to copy, plastic sheet, glass. Sun box in case of a rainy day.
Auckland Botanic Gardens, 102 Hill Road, Auckland 2105, New Zealand
Auckland Botanic Gardens
botanic.gardens@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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