ANTHOTYPE WORKSHOP: Forage and Print

Instructor: Anne Eder

Sunday, October 1st 10 am – 5pm

Many of the prints in Anne Eder’s upcoming exhibit at The Halide Project were made using the nineteenth century anthotype process discovered by Sir John Herschel, who also gave us cyanotypes and the word “photography”. There is nothing more romantic or intriguing than using the natural light sensitivity of plants to create prints and seeing your images emerge from an emulsion of fragrant rose petals or nutritious chard! Join us, and learn this enchanting and nontoxic process. 

There will be a short presentation on the history of the process, the workflow, and a look at how contemporary artists are engaging with this historic printing method. A full demonstration will follow, and participants will coat watercolor papers to take home and expose. We will also explore a variation on the traditional method using turmeric. This can be exposed and processed during the workshop. If you have contact transparencies to use feel free to bring them (POSITIVE TRANSPARENCIES ARE USED FOR ANTHOTYPES), otherwise we will provide some transparencies for you to use. If you prefer to use plant material, you may bring some dried materials with you. If you are picking fresh flowers, just get them a day or two before and flatten them between some absorbent paper.

No experience necessary. Age 18 and over.

Instructor Bio:
Anne Eder is an interdisciplinary artist and educator, working in photography, sculpture, and installation. She has been internationally exhibited and awarded, including wide recognition for alternative process photography. Her work has been featured in publications including Viewpoint Colour, Analog Explorations, The Hand, The Journal of Grievances, Art Scope, CMYK, and others, and in several books on analog processes published by Focal Press, an imprint of Routledge, Francis & Taylor. She is currently faculty in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, Harvard University Ceramics Program, and Penumbra Foundation NYC. She holds a master’s degree in photography and integrated media from Lesley University College of Art and Design where she studied with Christopher James. Much of her work is experimental and research based, combining historic processes, science, and contemporary conceptual thinking.

Throughout her career she has been an advocate for increased access to the arts, cofounding and operating artist cooperatives and programming in the Philadelphia metro area, and the creation of public art is a dedicated part of her practice. She currently lives in Boston writing fairy tales and catering to her fabulous chihuahua, The Brain. 

www.anneeder.com

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This workshop is generously sponsored by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.