Sat, 03 May
|Ilkley Manor House
CYANOTYPE TASTER SESSION
45 minute taster sessions held in the beautiful ancient Roman courtyard of Ilkley Manor House
Time & Location
03 May 2025, 11:00 – 14:00
Ilkley Manor House, Castle Yard, Ilkley LS29 9DT, UK
About the event
This is a 45 minute taster session taking place at Ilkley Manor House on SATURDAY 3rd MAY 2025, sessions between 11am and 2pm
Bookings must be made directly through Ilkley Manor House
This taster session will introduce you to cyanotypes – the original “blue print” (also known as “sun prints”) that creates striking blue and white prints. It is dubbed as 'alternative photography' in so much as it is not seen as a traditional photographic process - certainly nowadays where we rely heavily on digital cameras and digitally imagery. It is a beautifully simple process and possibilities are endless.
In the 45 minutes you will be taken through the process, some history and lots of examples to illustrate the potential of the process; and have a go at the process by making two botanical-inspired prints of your own to take away.
If you get the bug for this amazing process, you might want…