Join us for this exciting Cyanotype + Gyotaku workshop featuring Vancouver-based artist Paula Nishikawara. This is an all ages event. We encourage families to join us as we use the power of the sun to make art! At the end of the workshop, we will present the artwork as a mini-exhibition in Gallery 881 for the day of the event. Kids 12 and under attend for free with an accompanying ticket holding adult. Maximum two kids per adult.
What is a Cyanotype?
Cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic processes. Cyanotypes do not require a camera. The non-toxic medium is exposed to the sun to create beautiful images on light-sensitive paper, fabric, or other mediums.
What is Gyotaku?
Gyotaku (魚拓, from gyo “fish” + taku “stone impression”) is a traditional Japanese method of printing fish used by fishermen to record their catch in the mid 1800’s. Cyanotypes are an analogous process where shadows are harnessed to record to to any light sensitive medium.
COST:
$45 / $50 at the door-includes all materials but you may wish to bring your own shadow-making objects. We highly recommend tickets be purchased online. Limited tickets may be available at the door but are offered first come, first served.
DETAILS:
Date: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 Noon - 2pm
Venue: Gallery 881, 881 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Parking: Plenty of free street parking in front and across from the gallery.
WHAT TO BRING:
All materials are supplied. However, you may wish to bring your own shadow-making objects. These could include film negatives and film positives printed from a home printer using compatible transparent film. Commercially printed cellophane used to wrap floral bunches. The graphic shapes and bold contrast of black against clear cellophane give strong graphic results. Organic matter such as leaves, flowers, feathers and branches. Other 3D objects such as small toys, shells, glass, lace, papers or just about anything that will fit on your surface and block or filter UV light will work. Different objects and exposure times create interesting, spontaneous and unpredictable results.
ABOUT PAULA NISHIKAWARA:
Nishikawara’s artistic DNA is authentically rooted in the landscapes and experiences of the Canadian Pacific Northwest. Her colour and composition finds its source in the beauty of rainforests, mountain glaciers, seascapes, vast skies, and fast flowing rivers. Paula is an international intermedial artist creating environmentally focused works using painting, printmaking, installation, photography, sculpture and performance.
Her ancestral connection with Japan also plays an important role in Nishikawara’s creative universe. It is expressed in her extensive use of ancient Japanese printing techniques, reinvented use of Japanese paper, and above all a very fluent and articulated way of merging traditional and modern discourses of art making in her search for meaning.
paulanishikawara.com
@paulanishikawara
*Pictured artwork is for sale. Please inquire with Gallery 881 for more information. Cyanotypes are a highly variable process. The workshop results will vary widely.
Join us for this exciting Cyanotype + Gyotaku workshop featuring Vancouver-based artist Paula Nishikawara. This is an all ages event. We encourage families to join us as we use the power of the sun to make art! At the end of the workshop, we will present the artwork as a mini-exhibition in Gallery 881 for the day of the event. Kids 12 and under attend for free with an accompanying ticket holding adult. Maximum two kids per adult.
What is a Cyanotype?
Cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic processes. Cyanotypes do not require a camera. The non-toxic medium is exposed to the sun to create beautiful images on light-sensitive paper, fabric, or other mediums.
What is Gyotaku?
Gyotaku (魚拓, from gyo “fish” + taku “stone impression”) is a traditional Japanese method of printing fish used by fishermen to record their catch in the mid 1800’s. Cyanotypes are an analogous process where shadows are harnessed to record to to any light sensitive medium.
COST:
$45 / $50 at the door-includes all materials but you may wish to bring your own shadow-making objects. We highly recommend tickets be purchased online. Limited tickets may be available at the door but are offered first come, first served.
DETAILS:
Date: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 Noon - 2pm
Venue: Gallery 881, 881 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Parking: Plenty of free street parking in front and across from the gallery.
WHAT TO BRING:
All materials are supplied. However, you may wish to bring your own shadow-making objects. These could include film negatives and film positives printed from a home printer using compatible transparent film. Commercially printed cellophane used to wrap floral bunches. The graphic shapes and bold contrast of black against clear cellophane give strong graphic results. Organic matter such as leaves, flowers, feathers and branches. Other 3D objects such as small toys, shells, glass, lace, papers or just about anything that will fit on your surface and block or filter UV light will work. Different objects and exposure times create interesting, spontaneous and unpredictable results.
ABOUT PAULA NISHIKAWARA:
Nishikawara’s artistic DNA is authentically rooted in the landscapes and experiences of the Canadian Pacific Northwest. Her colour and composition finds its source in the beauty of rainforests, mountain glaciers, seascapes, vast skies, and fast flowing rivers. Paula is an international intermedial artist creating environmentally focused works using painting, printmaking, installation, photography, sculpture and performance.
Her ancestral connection with Japan also plays an important role in Nishikawara’s creative universe. It is expressed in her extensive use of ancient Japanese printing techniques, reinvented use of Japanese paper, and above all a very fluent and articulated way of merging traditional and modern discourses of art making in her search for meaning.
paulanishikawara.com
@paulanishikawara
*Pictured artwork is for sale. Please inquire with Gallery 881 for more information. Cyanotypes are a highly variable process. The workshop results will vary widely.
