Cyanotype Textile Art Experience at our Blended Monkey Studios - May 2025

Yesterday's cyanotype textile art experience with the talented Debs Munford as guest tutor was really successful. Cyanotype is such an interesting and mysterious process!

The students were guided through the steps, initially working on paper to gauge how to mix the chemicals and gain an understanding of the artform. Luckily, the weather held so their lovely creations could dry outside in the garden.

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. They were able to walk around at their leisure and choose leaves & grasses to make their beautiful creations.

After a lovely lunch, featuring bakery items made by Fanoggins Bakery, the ladies moved on to cyanotype printing on to fabrics, including silk - with astounding results.

Once dry, their printed fabrics were arranged to create a lovely panel; stitching everything to a backing.

Such a beautiful, unique process. Looking forward to another one of these fab experiences.

The next textile art workshops here with Debs are listed below with links for more info and to book:

• Saturday 23 August - Botanical Printing - BOOK HERE

• Saturday 1 November - Textile Christmas Cards - BOOK HERE

  
  

For more info 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.

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Lovely cyanotype-printed fabrics drying on the line

Students getting to grips with cyanotype printing

Cyanotype printing at Blended Monkey

Work sitting in the sun for the photographic process to take place

Applying the chemicals for the cyanotype process

Work sitting outside in the sun

Washing off the fabrics

Student stitching her cyanotype fabrics onto a large panel

Lovely lunch!

Pieces clamped on boards outside for the sun to make the chemicals take effect

Some great stencils and leaves for patterns

Work sitting in the sun

Collection of beautiful cyanotype fabrics

Lovely cyanotype papers

Piecing together the cyanotype collage

Student sitting in the garden stitching together her cyanotype panel

Beautiful grasses captured with the magical art of cyanotype

Beautiful fabrics printed with cyanotype

Lovely cyanotype fabrics ready to stitch together

Group of students enjoying stitching together their panels

Tadah! Well done everyone. Shot of all the students holding up their beautiful fabric panels

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Washing off the beautiful cyanotype printed fabrics

REVIEWS

“To learn something new in a beautiful setting is a delight. The hosts were charming, the food delicious and the tutor was incredible.

Debs guided us through the mystery of Cyanotype, helping us to create a piece of work to be proud of.”

 - Yvonne -