Artist in Residence at King School, Stamford CT/Community Scroll
During my week-long residency students at King School collaborated to create large cyanotype scrolls. This project offered students an exploration of the interplay between nature, self, and the arts. Venturing into nature, they gathered elements for their projects, and experimented with various documentation methods. These included primarily cyanotype, complemented by plant printing, plant rubbing, spray painting, and collage techniques. Some students engaged more directly with their personal stories/histories, and brought it into their works.
Predominantly, the artworks on display are cyanotypes, a 19th century photographic printing technique originally used for recording natural elements. Students combined found objects and printed acetate for their negatives for the cyanotype. Lower School students focused on outdoor work, experiencing the immediate effects of sunlight on their cyanotype fabric hangings. Upper School students expanded their scope, working both indoors with a UV lightbox and outdoors. They further enhanced their completed cyanotypes with various techniques, including collage and painting. While bringing individual objects and negatives to the project, students engaged in collaborative decision-making, enhancing the aesthetic quality of their work. Advanced Placement (AP) students delved deeper, experimenting with exposure times and refining their negatives, while also incorporating personal themes into their artworks. Their individual works are displayed adjacent to the collaborative scrolls.
Most of the photographs courtesy of King School.
Predominantly, the artworks on display are cyanotypes, a 19th century photographic printing technique originally used for recording natural elements. Students combined found objects and printed acetate for their negatives for the cyanotype. Lower School students focused on outdoor work, experiencing the immediate effects of sunlight on their cyanotype fabric hangings. Upper School students expanded their scope, working both indoors with a UV lightbox and outdoors. They further enhanced their completed cyanotypes with various techniques, including collage and painting. While bringing individual objects and negatives to the project, students engaged in collaborative decision-making, enhancing the aesthetic quality of their work. Advanced Placement (AP) students delved deeper, experimenting with exposure times and refining their negatives, while also incorporating personal themes into their artworks. Their individual works are displayed adjacent to the collaborative scrolls.
Most of the photographs courtesy of King School.
Workshops for the Sukkah at City Wide Open Studios
I led a few cyanotype workshops to make the panels for the "Nature Transported" Sukkah for City Wide Open Studios. We also made cyanotype on egg shells. Se here for the project: Collaborative Sukkah/ Nature Transported
