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Cyanotype: Photography printing with sunlight and shadows
RESERVATION REQUIRED
- 2026.5.3
- 11:30–13:00
- 2026.5.3
- 14:00–15:30
KYOTO ART CENTER
© Naoyuki Ogino
Did you know that one of the oldest photographic printing techniques produces images in beautiful shades of blue?
In this workshop, participants will experiment with sunlight and shadows, using adaptable professional tools to create vivid blueprints on traditional Japanese paper.
Photographer and cyanotype artist Mako Mizobuchi will guide the children throughout the process and provide a hands-on kit, ensuring a fun and accessible solar printing experience.
Imagine all kinds of pattern combinations using accessories, drawings, or your own hands, and let nature do its work in this fun outdoor session held at the Kyoto Art Center.
The participants will take home three different cyanotype printings as a keepsake of this unique experience!
In this workshop, participants will experiment with sunlight and shadows, using adaptable professional tools to create vivid blueprints on traditional Japanese paper.
Photographer and cyanotype artist Mako Mizobuchi will guide the children throughout the process and provide a hands-on kit, ensuring a fun and accessible solar printing experience.
Imagine all kinds of pattern combinations using accessories, drawings, or your own hands, and let nature do its work in this fun outdoor session held at the Kyoto Art Center.
The participants will take home three different cyanotype printings as a keepsake of this unique experience!
- Important Notice
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＊The participation age depends on the time slot:
11:30ー13:00 Elementary School Students (Grades 1-6)
14:00ー15:30 Middle School Students (Grades 7-9)
Speakers Speakers
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Mako Mizobuchi
Photographer, Researcher of Historical Photographic Processes
Born in Kyoto City in 1984, currently based in Kyoto. From April 2026, she will serve as a full-time lecturer in the Photography and Film Course, Department of Fine Arts and Crafts, Kyoto University of the Arts.
After graduating in 2007 from the Printmaking Program, Department of Fine Arts, Kyoto Seika University, she moved to Germany in 2010. In 2013, she completed her graduate studies at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. In 2016, she obtained the Meisterschüler qualification from the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
From 2017 to 2025, she worked at Benrido Co., Ltd., where she was engaged in the research and promotion of the historical photographic printing technique collotype through organizing competitions and managing workshop studios. At the same time, she conducted workshops on the historical photographic process of cyanotype. In 2020, she developed and released the “Sunprint Cyanotype Experience Kit.”
Date 日時
2026.5.311:30–13:00
2026.5.314:00–15:30
11:30ー13:00 Elementary School Students
14:00ー15:30 Middle School Students
Venue 会場
KYOTO ART CENTER
- Address
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546-2 Yamabushiyama-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
- Access
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Subway Karasuma Line "Shijo" station / Hankyu Line "Karasuma" station, 5 min on foot from Exit 22 or 24
Fees 料金
¥2000
