Art in the gardens: OMAM hosts cyanotype workshop

According to the museum's webpage, cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic printing processes.

By Jarleene Almenas
| 4:00 p.m. November 18, 2021

Kathy O'Meara and Mary McBride work on their prints. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Dr. Carl Lentz prepares to put his print to dry at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum's cyanotype workshop. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Cyanotype prints are created by soaking the paper after they are dry. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Artist Catherine Cross Tsintzos demonstrates the process. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Beverly Tjarks chooses and arranges plants for her print. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Mary McBride works on her print. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Finished cyanotype prints hang up in the museum garden's greenhouse. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Kathy O'Meara works on her print. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Sejal Desai and Carol Farmer choose objects for their prints. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Cyanotype prints in progress dry in the museum gardens. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

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Did you ever see blueprints as art?

The Ormond Memorial Art Museum hosted a two-day workshop on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 17-18 in the museum gardens, where a group of six locals learned the cyanotype process, which according to the museum's webpage, is one of the oldest photographic printing processes. It can be used to capture blueprint-like works of botanical specimens or copy drawings, and the process involves exposing treated paper or cloth to UV light to produce a cyan-blue print.

The workshop was led by Catherine Cross Tsintzos, a North Carolina artist who focuses on environmental and social issues, as well as traditional fine art and sustainability.