Cyanotype: Cloth + Paper + Scissors = Collage!

TOTAL COST: $350
Course Fee: $300 
Non-refundable Materials Fee: $50

DATE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 & WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
TIME: 9:30AM – 3:30PM PDT
LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced
AGE GROUP: Adult (ages 16+)
LOCATION: Building 324C, Fort Worden, Port Townsend. 

DESCRIPTION
Get ready to play with sun, shadows, and shades of deep, dreamy blue in this joy-filled workshop. Under the guidance of artist Fruma Markowitz, you’ll explore the magical world of cyanotype, a 19th-century photographic printing process that transforms light and everyday objects into striking blue-and-white prints on paper and fabric. No experience is needed — just curiosity and a love for getting your hands in the mix! All essential materials are provided.

In this workshop you will learn how non-toxic cyanotype chemicals react during exposure to sunlight or UV light to produce permanent, luminous images. You will experiment with botanicals, found objects, and even pantry ingredients to add unexpected color and texture. Then, scissors in hand, you'll cut, layer, reimagine, and stitch your printed pieces into playful, personal collage compositions — anything from a fabric book to a wall piece to something wonderfully abstract. This workshop invites you to follow your creative hunches and discover how intention and spontaneity can come together on the page — or cloth. You will walk away with both a deeper understanding of alternative photography processes and a one-of-a-kind artwork infused with your own creativity and curiosity.

SUPPLY INFORMATION
Students should bring:

• Flattened natural botanicals (leaves, flowers, grasses, etc.).
• Textured materials: netting, cheesecloth, doilies, screens, lace.
  
• Solid objects: glass objects, small toys, stencils, kitchen utensils, sea shells, wood chips, office stuff.
• Translucent objects: bottles, glasses, bubble wrap.
• Portable hair dryers.
• Paper bag lunch and refillable water bottles.
• Bug spray.
• Wear old clothing, bring a hat if sensitive to sun, wear or bring sunscreen.
• Recycled plastic bags to bring home wet prints that didn’t have time to dry.

All other materials and supplies are provided with the materials fee.

COURSE DETAILS
After registration, course details are available via the Northwind Art School learning portal, including course syllabus and supply information. Learn more

ABOUT FRUMA
Fruma Markowitz was formally trained in photography and fine arts at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, where she graduated with a BFA in Photography in 1984. For the next five years she worked as a photojournalist, book jacket designer, portraitist, and fashion photographer, as well as teaching and showing her personal work in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem. Since moving to CT in 2003, Fruma’s photography practice has functioned as her personal visual diary. She makes images daily and shows her work at both local and national fine art venues. During the COVID-19 pandemic, her practice pivoted towards engagement with historic and alternative photographic processes, with a focus on cyanotype, multi-media collage, and lumen printing. Concern with womanhood, cultural history, memory, and shared legacies are where she mostly draws inspiration for making images.

Artist website: Fruma Markowitz, @frumamarkowitz.photo

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DISCOUNTS
This course is eligible for a 10% member discount at the Supporter level and beyond. Get a membership today!

Don's Pharmacy and Art Toolkit in Port Townsend offer Northwind Art School students a 10% discount on art supplies.

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CANCELLATION POLICY
If Northwind Art has to cancel a course for any reason, all enrolled students will receive a 100% refund (including any materials fee).

Students who withdraw from a course at least seven days prior to its first meeting will receive a 90% refund (less any materials fee).

Students withdrawing fewer than seven days from the first day of class are not eligible for a refund except in the case of illness or injury, in which case they are eligible to receive a 40% refund (less any materials fee).

Please note that 10% of every course’s registration fee is considered to be a non-refundable deposit in cases of withdrawal to cover administrative overhead. All refunds will be applied to the same credit card that was used for enrollment. No credits or transfers will be granted.

Please email admin@northwindart.org if you wish to withdraw or for more information.