Solar Printmaking - Cyanotype Workshop with Cheryl Chidester

Solar Printmaking - Cyanotype Workshop with Cheryl Chidester

Class | Available

All Levels
8/3/2025 (one day)
1:00 PM-3:00 PM EDT on Sun
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$50.00
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Solar Printmaking - Cyanotype Workshop with Cheryl Chidester

Class | Available

Cyanotype – Camera-less Photography Workshop

In this workshop, participants will create one-of-a-kind cyanotype images. Our camera-less photography technique (invented in 1842) will involve lying (flattish) objects on paper coated with an iron salt solution, exposing them to UV light, and washing the paper with water to create stunning white and Prussian blue images. The images can also be enhanced with light watercolor washes.

During the two-hour class, students will create at least two images. While the instructor will have (flat) objects, such as dried flowers and leaves, lace and ribbon, and seashells, used to create, students are welcome to bring their own.

All levels are welcome.  Youth ages 14 and up.  Younger students (ages 6 and up) are welcome with a registered adult.

Chidester, Cheryl
Cheryl Chidester

My art is born from the places that stir my soul—wild landscapes, distant journeys, forgotten histories, and moments of wonder. Each piece begins with a feeling, a memory, or a fleeting glimpse, and unfolds through an intuitive dialogue with materials and processes.

I am drawn to textures, light, and color—the subtle language they speak when layered and blended across mediums, including watercolor, photography, handmade, and hand-cut papers, and encaustic. I often merge techniques, allowing experimentation to shape the work as much as intention. Though the forms, media, and subjects shift, my purpose remains: to distill the spirit of a place, a culture, or a moment and to offer it as a shared experience.

Through my art, I seek a connection between past and present, artist and viewer, self and world.

My artwork is inspired by my passion, nature, travel, adventure, and history. The materials, techniques, and ideas I choose are shaped by the subject matter and the emotions, impressions, or experiences I aim to express. The creative process itself often leads the way, guiding me toward the final piece.