Indoor Cyanotype

Create stunning blue cyanotype prints indoors year-round at this Chicago studio workshop!



3 hours Location Pilsen Class size 1 to 5 guests   $65

Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that utilizes the sun to produce striking monochromatic blue images. As autumn days grow shorter and sunlight diminishes, opportunities to create cyanotypes outside fade. This Spotlight brings the cyanotype process indoors and offers a way to create beautiful blue images on a rainy day or throughout the winter months.
Participants will be encouraged to work from their own digital photos as source material. Using our large-format inkjet printer, we will print film negatives, which can then be altered through mark-making and collage. From these experimental compositions, we will create cyanotypes using Campfire’s exposure unit.
Over the course of the Spotlight, participants will learn how to:
  • Prepare paper with a specialized light-sensitive solution
  • Print digital films
  • Operate the exposure unit
  • Develop cyanotype prints
Everyone will go home with several cyanotype prints of various sizes.
What you'll get
Everyone will go home with several cyanotype prints of various sizes.
What to bring
Digital photos on a phone or laptop: You’ll be able print up to 2 onto film. During the workshop, you will coat paper and experiment with exposure times and composition, combining your photos with other collaged elements, and leave with 6 finished cyanotype prints.
Location

Campfire Printing Press - 2415 West 19th Street, 2-C, Chicago, IL 60608

One block from Pink Line Western station; Street parking is typically freely available. Campfire is on the second floor, accessible by one flight of stairs. Alternatively, the studio may be accessed by a side door with 5 stairs that lead to an elevator.

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  • 4/5 from Susan Borgstrom, attended Sep 2026: The studio is clean and organized, plenty of parking just outside the entrance. Colin and Angee set a calm tone for the class. They clearly explained the process and were very patient na helpful every step of the way. I’ll look for other workshops with them.
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Campfire Printing Press
Campfire Printing Press

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female Women-owned

Campfire Printing Press is a co-working art studio centered around printmaking processes in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood.
We provide a welcoming environment for professional artists and the art-curious public to explore new processes, hone skills, and bring artistic ideas to life.
With offerings ranging from exploratory workshops to facilitated and independent studio sessions to onsite private studios, Campfire Printing Press’ innovative shared studio model allows anyone, even those new to printmaking, to develop projects of any scale with the guidance of seasoned printers.

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