Somerset Reacquainted - Anthotypes: creating photographic prints with natural materials

Somerset Reaquainted - Take Part
Artist Carolyn Lefley shows you how to create prints using natural plant emulsions. Anthotypes can be made with leaves, berries and flowers. Natural stencils are exposed to sunlight to create traditional photographic prints.
Artist-led online workshops, ideas, activities and resources to inspire families to get creative at home, brought to you by Somerset Art Works.
Somerset Reacquainted is a creativity-in-isolation project with Somerset Art Works artist members. The project responds to the unique period of isolation and renewed proximity with the environment, experienced during the global pandemic. Artists have been developing new approaches, capturing encounters with nature and explorations in their own locality. They will be sharing some of their ideas through our online resources.
somersetartworks.org.uk/somersetreacquainted/takepart
Carolyn Lefley is a visual artist and educator. Her work uses photography and moving image to explore belonging, belief and the natural world.
www.carolynlefley.co.uk / carolynlefleyartist / carolynlefley / carolynlefley
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[@Foxglove963]

Nice prints, Carolyn. And a hurray for lovely Somersetshire.

[@TheNkois]

Great video!!!

[@armandobenitez1744]

Thank you very much, you're the best and it's a great idea to make it

[@ejmphotodotcom]

Thank You

[@onnoweb]

I have to try this out!

[@rogerbotting3459]

I might just give this a try.

[@murrij]

This is great! Thank you. Even I can do this. Is there a way to "fix" these prints so they won't eventually fade?

[@carolynlefley4297]

Thank you for watching. There is unfortunately no way to fix Anthotype prints. You can keep them in a box and view occasionally. Or you could make a high resolution scan and reprint the image as an archival inkjet print.

[@frecklesforties]

Is there a way of fixing the image so that it doesn’t fade?

[@armandobenitez1744]

Hi good morning 😊 my name is Armando I am from Mexico, excuse me I would like to ask you if there's a way to take a photo with the light of the sun creating a homemade Cyanotype
I would really thank you you an answer

[@carolynlefley4297]

Thank you for watching. There is unfortunately no way to fix Anthotype prints. You can keep them in a box and view occasionally. Or you could make a high resolution scan and reprint the image as an archival inkjet print.

[@TheStockwell]

Keeping them out of bright light is the best bet. Sunlight creates the image - sunlight can erase it. That said, anthotypes created in the 1840s by Mary Somerville and John Herschel are still around. 😸

[@lisabakke9280]

Wonderful and what about UV indoor light ?

[@TheStockwell]

I'd read that direct, "full spectrum" light - ie., the sun - is necessary, that you'd have to run a UV light for several weeks to get an image using even a strong UV lamp.
Wrong! It turns out someone has created turmeric-based anthotypes using a UV lamp in "only" two hours.
ua-cam.com/video/DpOMyDttxt8/v-deo.html

[@nusara4real]

Can we do it on fabric? Thank you.