2-Day Cyanotype Animation Workshop

WORKSHOP DETAILS

• Dates  Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November 2026.
• Times  10am - 3pm both days
• Cost  £49
• Location  Island Darkroom, Achmore, Isle of Lewis.
• No prior experience required, participants must be 16+
• *Please Note*  Spaces are very limited, booking essential
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WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Join us at Island Darkroom in learning how to create your own Cyanotype Animations from one of the UK's leading Cyanotype artists, Edd Carr.

Cyanotype is a historic photographic process that has been used for over 150 years, invented in 1842 by John Herschel. Since its inception, artists, photographers, and printmakers have taken advantage of its easy application, affordability, and relative sustainability – creating a thriving subculture of cyanotype enthusiasts. The vibrant blue aesthetic is known around the world – popularised by artists including Anna Atkins, Robert Rauschenberg, and Kate Cordsen.

Artist Edd Carr has extensive experience in making cyanotypes – as well as adapting them into an animation process. This workshop will lead participants from start to finish in creating their own cyanotype animations. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to create a short animated GIF using cyanotypes.

Participants will be creating animations in pairs and/or groups of 3 depending on numbers.

Please email info@islanddarkroom.com with any questions, including any concerns surrrounding accessability, which we will always do our best to accommodate and support.

EDD CARR
Edd Carr is an artist based in the UK. Adapting sustainable photographic processes into moving image - his work depicts our relationship to trauma and ecological crisis. Edd is also one of the leaders of the Sustainable Darkroom, the world’s first organisation dedicated to the research, development, and advocacy of eco-friendly alternatives to analogue and digital photography.

His moving image work has been exhibited worldwide, including Saatchi Gallery, London Art Fair Photo50, BFI London Film Festival, Tokyo Arts and Space, Tokyo, DAZED CIRCA London, Busan Museum of Art, South Korea, Yorkshire Contemporary, Leeds, The Whitworth, Manchester, GoShort Nijmegen, Vienna Shorts, Brazil MVFs, São Paulo, and more. Awards include the Channel 4 Random Acts Award, Film London Best Artist Filmmaker 2025, the Innovation Award EFEA Festival, and a finalist for the Saatchi Gallery Artist of the Future 2025.In addition, his commercial clients include Nike, Adidas, Warner Records, MAC Cosmetics, Universal Music, and many more.

This workshop is supported by Creative Scotland. 

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This event is a part of the Season of Photography 2026 -  a celebration of photography in Scotland running from 1 September – 20 December 2026