Apply a green liquid to a piece of paper in a darkroom, and expose the paper to sunshine for 15 minutes. Wash it and you will get a beautiful blue image. Doesn’t it sound amazing? The photogenic drawing technique called Cyanotype printing (also known as sun printing) was first used by Anna Atkins, an English botanist in the 19th century, to photograph plants and record different stages of their growth. Nowadays it is used by many artists to produce images. The images made with this technique possess sharp colour contrast and a dreamlike quality.
The University of Macau (UM) on 9 November organised a workshop on sun printing, during which Taiwan artist Dr. Chu Yinhua taught students to produce images of Macao with this technique. The workshop was part of the activities under the Artist-in-Residence Programme, which was co-launched by the Pearl Jubilee College and the East Asia College. The two colleges even ordered special tools from Taiwan to give students an authentic experience.For full version, please refer to Chinese.
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