Anthotype

Objectives

• Discover an old photographic printing process, the Anthotype, which was invented in 1842 by the English astronomer and scientist Sir John Herschel.
• This technique uses sunlight to bleach out the colour present in plant pigments.
• Develop awareness of photographic practices that do not require a camera and the notions of contact prints and photograms.
• Discover the properties of plants and the pigments that give plants their colour.
• Take an interest in the practice of printing patterns and drawings.
• Make a connexion with art through nature and vice versa.

Who’s it for?

Free to attend (registration required)

Open to all

Description

A presentation of the anthotype process and a chance to discover of light-sensitive plants.

Picking the plants, extracting their juices and preparing prints to be exposed to UV light