New workshops dates
Discover the art of cyanotype printing in one day
Cyanotype printing is a painterly, low-toxic way to produce unique photographic prints using light-sensitive cyanotype fluid, light, and water.
This one-day workshop includes an introduction to the history and science of cyanotypes, along with a hands-on exploration of the materials and techniques involved. Learn how to prepare paper or fabric, expose and develop images using both objects and photographic negatives, and experiment with methods such as wet-on-wet application and layered compositions.
Most materials and equipment will be provided including a range of materials and negatives to experiment with. Students are welcome to bring their own objects to use in the exposure process, e.g. flowers, leaves, utensils, semi-transparent materials, as well as any fabric to print onto.
At the end of the day everyone will have a series of prints to take home.
This course is suitable for all levels.
Costs: £75
Times: 10.30 – 16.30
Date: Saturday 24 January
Location: White Room, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton
Maximum: 8
Past Events
The Stolen Orange
Until 14 December
Bond St Gallery,
4 Bond Street
Brighton
Opening times: Tues - Sun 11am till 6 pm
I have work in 'The Stolen Orange'; an exhibition featuring over eighty painters, sculptors, writers, makers celebrating the words of Mersey poet Brian Patten.
'...when I went out I stole an orange, It was a safeguard against imagining There was nothing bright or special in the world!' Extract from 'The Stolen Orange' by Brian Patten
Show runs 15th Nov to 14th Dec 2025, Bond St Gallery, 4 Bond Street, Brighton......like all the best galleries the entrance is down a cobbled alley.
I Feel You There, gelli print acrylic on cartridge paper, 44x32cm, 2025
Poem paired with artwork above:
I feel you there in my pocket,
a foreign body rolling back and forth as I walk,
I toy with you absent mindedly at first
but soon I take notice of your skin dimpled but smooth,
when I hold you your skin heats with mine
when I squeeze you your subcutaneous tissue yields so satisfyingly,
you are small and insignificant
yet knowing you are there makes me radiate like your hue
your strong juicy smell makes me think of summers gone past
You are an every day joy,
my silent companion.
Sussex Bay Creates: Living Sea
21 - 25 October 2025
I am delighted to be exhibiting in 'Living Sea' group exhibition from 21–25 October 2025. Colonnade House in Worthing will host an art exhibition that celebrates the start of the Sussex Bay project.
Sussex Bay is a cross-sector initiative aiming to restore and protect the coastal and marine environments from Chichester Harbour to Camber Sands, and to connect the communities that depend on them.
This exhibition will;
– showcase a small group of contemporary artists working along the Sussex coast.
– explore what a “living sea” means … culturally / environmentally / socially: approach this through a spirit of radical optimism, of embracing hope as a radical and political act in the face of the climate emergency.
– act as a call to action, inviting artists, communities and partners to join a longer-term Sussex Bay creative network.
Upcoming Cyanotype Workshops
Day workshop at Phoenix
The other is a day workshop at Phoenix Art Space happening on the 15th November.The day will show the process of making a cyanotype print from beginning to end, with a number of techniques to try along the way. Making beautiful cyanotype images to take away with you all included in the low price of £75. It's a bargain! All equipment provided.
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One to one & small groups workshop
I am also offering one to one & small group lessons from my studio. So if you would like the idea of learning the cyanotype process & making your own prints to take home or would like to gift a friend do get in touch to discuss a bespoke option right for you. Prices start from £50 upwards depending the amount of people & time required.
Past events
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Seeing the Sea - Cyanotype workshops
GuildCare charity event
30th August
Well what a wet & windy event that was at Summer Showtime event for the social care charity GuildCare. Despite the high wind & rain we managed to have two successful workshops before it got rained off... see pics above. Here Val & Amelia made lots of prints using all kinds of methods to create theses beautiful blue & white artworks. We worked through wet on wet with objects, painting, poems, chemical reactions and photographic processes to great effect! All around the theme of connection to the sea.
GuildCare are a brilliant charity raising much need funds for social care, you find out more about their events here: https://www.guildcare.org/pages/events/
1-1 photographic cyanotype workshop
Neil a photographer wanted to learn how to create cyanotypes from his own photographs. So I personalised a four hour session for him running through the whole process from beginning to end. From preparing images in photoshop to printing large negatives of his work, preparing the paper, to exposure and developing. He took home a range of finished pieces on high quality paper, the negatives produced, the knowledge to recreate more at home and the confidence to experiment with this beautiful medium.
"I really enjoyed the workshop so much. It’s given me some great new ideas to try and renewed my interest in alternative printing processes. Thank you so much for your clear instruction, detail and insight in making cyanotypes from negatives, the time flew & I feel confident & inspired to work with it on my own now" Neil
What a success at WE SEE, THE SEA workshop at Colonnade House gallery was!
30th July
Lots of art was made and fun had at this half a day event for families was at Colonnade House gallery in Worthing. Some photos of the day below. It was part of a program of events funded by Sussex Bay. The workshop explored our relationship with the sea by learning the cyanotype process.
Learn more about the good work that Sussex Bay is doing for our environment
Fri 25th -Sun 27th
10-4
Unit 30,
Trafalgar House, Portslade
BN41 1DG
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