An Taisce Dún Laoghaire Local Association's National Biodiversity Week Cyanotype Workshop

Celebrate National Biodiversity Week  Photographic Cyanotype Workshop with Dún Laoghaire Local Association

Booking via Eventbrite is essential. Numbers are strictly limited. 

Cyanotype Workshop in The Grove on May 23rd at 2pm With Visual Artist Sarah Lordan

The Grove will be open all afternoon from 2pm for visitors to enjoy this green oasis in the heart of the city.

Botanist Catriona Brady will lead the workshop group (booking is necessary) to find the botanical beauties of the Grove.

Plant samples collected the cyanotype workshop will start with Visual Artist Sarah Louise Lordan.

Photographic cyanotypes were first used in the early 19th century by botanist Anna Atkins.

Anna merged scientific accuracy and artistic beauty in pioneering photograms that documented botanical specimens. She self published the first book of photographic illustrations of algae.

Attendees will use photograms, the technique of creating photographic prints without using a camera is as old as photography itself.

This is a free unique event please book on Eventbrite — for 14+ years.

This workshop will document the significance of this urban green space, the plant species present and pay homage to our benefactor Kathleen Goodfellow and her artist friend Estelle Solomons.