Cyanotype Textile Art Experience at our Blended Monkey Studios - August 2026
Updated: Sep 2
Today's cyanotype experience with the wonderfully talented Debs Munford as our guest tutor was another great success. Cyanotype is such a mysterious process, and Debs is always so generous with her time, expertise & materials. Each of our group has gone away with a huge amount of lovely paper and fabric cyanotype pieces that can be used in greetings cards and artworks ... and most of them have started stitching their cyanotype fabric pieces together to create a panel.
We held this workshop in our Crafts Studio with an outside covered awning for the water/chemical trays. So everyone had plenty of space and shelter on what was a pretty drizzly and grey day.
Thankfully, Debs brought light boxes with her, so the lack of sun wasn't an issue!
We provided our creative group with plenty of refreshments throughout, starting with welcoming home-baked Fanoggins brownies and coconut cookies.
Debs guided everyone through the steps, initially working on paper to gauge how to mix the chemicals and gain an understanding of the artform.
It was also wonderful to see the students make use of our extensive Blended Monkey gardens, featuring mature trees, ponds, grasses and various beds of flowers and areas laid to wild plants. During the dry spells, the group were able to walk around at their leisure and choose leaves & grasses to use in their beautiful cyanotype creations.
Simba kept a close eye on the proceedings - probably a little unsure about the use of litter trays for the chemical mix ;-)
After a lovely lunch, featuring tasty treats from the Fanoggins Bakery, the group moved on to cyanotype printing on to fabrics, including silk - with the usual magical results.
Once dry, their printed fabrics were arranged to create beautiful panels; with each of the sections hand-stitched to a backing.
It was a pleasure to witness such a beautiful, unique process.
We have some NEW cyanotype experiences coming up next year - so watch this space!
The next textile art workshops here with Debs are listed below with links for more info and to book:
Sunday 18 October - Stamp, Layer & Stitch Panel - BOOK & INFO HERE
Sunday 15 November - Textile Art Christmas Cards - BOOK & INFO HERE
Saturday 28 November - Needle Felted Landscape - SOLD OUT!
For more information about all our other wonderful guest tutor group workshops, visit our website https://www.blendedmonkey.co.uk/category/group-workshops
Our experiences make ideal CRAFTY GIFTs & we can post or email you a complimentary personalised voucher if you'd like to make any of our experiences a present for somebody.
Beautiful papers created using the cyanotype process here in the Blended Monkey Studios & Gardens
What a wonderful cyanotype workshop today!
REVIEWS
"An absolutely brilliant experience, a packed day learning the magical cyanotype process on both card and fabrics, with a really helpful, practical and inspiring tutor. All this in the beautiful garden of Blended Monkey studios. Even though there was limited sunshine today we all got fabulous results, and it has been such a proud pleasure to bring the beautiful panel home. Thank you all."
- Jan -
"Excellent cyanotype work shop, wonderful day with a very knowledgeable tutor. Such a fun day creating.
Exceptional welcome with wonderful food ☺️.”
- Toni -
"Thank you both for the warm welcome on Saturday.
The Cyanotype workshop was brilliant. Debs was wonderful and shared so much knowledge and enthusiasm. Loved learning this magical process and delighted with the panel we created. It was a wonderful day of crafting in your beautiful garden and studio.
Thanks also for the delicious lunch and refreshments. Hope to see you all again soon."
- Nina -
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