Cyanotype & Gold with Marcy Palmer (Online)
March 25 – April 15
Elevate your cyanotype work! This workshop will explore alternative methods for working with cyanotype prints using gold leaf or imitation leaf, gold metallic paint, powder, and wax. We will utilize various techniques for the application of these materials, explore paper and media choices, discuss how the combination of metal and cyanotype can affect the overall meaning of the work, look at examples of artists who have used these techniques and various media, and discuss how the materials have further communicated their ideas. Class sessions will include discussions of student work as well as discussion of other artists’ works, and demonstrations of various techniques.
Dates: Four online sessions, one hour and thirty minuets each session, March 25, 2025 – April 15, 2025.
Days: Tuesdays, online, 11am – 12:30pm, EST.
Class Fee: $400, Members / $455, Non-Members (non-member price includes a one year membership to the Griffin Museum).
Level: Intermediate. Must have knowledge of the Cyanotype process.
Max Number of Students: 10
About the Instructor:
Marcy Palmer grew up in the historic city, Saratoga Springs, NY, which is in the foothills region of the Adirondack Mountains . As a child, she spent time exploring the outdoors which fueled her imagination and play.
Marcy’s work explores themes of beauty and healing through the lens of photo history, nature, and science. Integrating various approaches to image-making from contemporary to historical practices, Marcy is influenced by the earlier practitioners of photography, and the Surrealist and Bauhaus movements. Recently, Marcy’s interests have focused on botanicals, and their various uses in medicine and healing, as methods of communication, and as symbols of the greater good.
Marcy has an M.F.A. in Photography & Related Media from the School of Visual Arts and a B.S. in Studio Art from Skidmore College. Her work has been exhibited at various spaces including The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Center for Photographic Art, The Griffin Museum of Photography, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art and other spaces. Her work has been written about in Lenscratch, The Boston Globe Sunday edition, D Magazine and other publications. Marcy’s sold-out book, “You Are Eternity, You Are the Mirror” was published by Yoffy Press and recognized as a Photo-Eye 2020 favorite photobook, The Luupe’s Favorite Woman-Made Books of the Year, and Deep Red Press’s Favorite Photobooks. Marcy also teaches photography at universities, art centers, and museums. She lives in Dallas, TX.
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