Overview: Discover the quiet magic of cyanotype, a timeless photographic process known for its rich blue-and-white imagery and ability to preserve a moment in time. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll spend a day in the Basket House and formal garden, learning the fundamentals of the process and experimenting with composition. Use gathered botanicals and found materials to create your prints, or bring along a few meaningful objects of your own to see how sunlight transforms them into one-of-a-kind impressions, capturing the beauty of an object, a place, or a fleeting moment.
No previous experience is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to experiment. You’ll create a beautiful keepsake of your time in the garden and leave with a finished piece of cyanotype artwork, ready to hang in your home.
About the Instructor: Hillary Waters Fayle
Hillary Waters Fayle is an artist and Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she directs the fiber/textile program. She has taught embroidery and textile workshops around the world and is an alumna of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation’s Artist Residency Program. Her work is in the permanent collections of the AKG Museum in Buffalo, NY, Grace Farms Foundation in New Canaan, CT, the United States Embassy to Sri Lanka, Colombo, the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Belgium and is on view at the US Embassies in Algiers, Algeria and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Recent professional projects and publications include collaborations with Domestika, L'Occitane en Provance and the New York Botanical Garden.
About Oak Spring Garden Foundation: The Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF) is a philanthropic foundation based at the former primary estate of the late Paul and Rachel Mellon, who were major philanthropists in the U.S. of the arts, humanities, and sciences in the second half of the twentieth century. OSGF is located in the northern Virginia Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains region (ca. one-hour drive from Washington, D.C.). Led by Sir Peter Crane, the Foundation’s inaugural President, OSGF provides workshops, short courses and supports residencies for artists and scholars. Its celebrated Library comprises rare books, manuscripts and works of art relating to horticulture, landscape design, botany and natural history. It is becoming a new center of stimulation of all things botanical, from fundamental research in plant evolution and conservation, to horticultural and plant conservation practice, to the history and art of plants, gardens and landscapes.
Photo Release Statement: By attending this event, you consent to your likeness and image being used for ongoing promotional and marketing efforts.
Availability: This workshop will be capped at 12 participants. Registrations will be accepted on a rolling basis through Zeffy until full.