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Announcements:
—The February Co-Writing schedule and registration options are ready. Co-Writing today from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. CT and 3-7 p.m. CT.
—Revisions Stations Designed by Lauren Winner February 24 from 10:15 a.m.-noon CT.

Interviewer: What is art for?
Kara Walker: Figuring it out.

The Public Domain Review explains how cyanotypes are made: an “object is placed on paper which has been treated with ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide, after which it is exposed to sunlight and then washed in water, leading to the uncovered areas of the paper turning a dark blue.”

Here’s another cyanotype by Anna Atkins. And here’s another one.

Photography dealer Jeffrey Fraenkel has said, about cyanotyopes, “The color blue strikes some chord in us that goes beyond words.”

For three minutes, brainstorm the blue objects in your life, past and present, that have been important to you. Then, if you wish, write toward one of them.

Want More?
Read “Anna Atkins's cyanotypes: the first book of photographs”

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