Cyanotype printmaking – with Basil Tahan
The color blue has had a remarkable impact on the history of world trade. Rarely occurring in the natural world, blue pigments were, for centuries, highly sought-after by craftsmen and merchants. Basil Tahan will be offering students the chance to learn how to use chemistry and light to create unique and beautiful blue artworks called cyanotypes.
Artists will coat their own paper or fabrics with cyanotype chemistry. Then, combine photographic images, flora and fauna, acrylic sheets, paint, oil pastels and etching tools to make negatives that will be exposed in the Bangkok sun to create stunning works of art.