SEPT 20,   12:00 pm-3:00pm Thinking with Colour, I – Cyanotype 101: Printing with Nature
Cyanotype, also known as blueprint or sunprint, is a photographic print distinguished by its cyan blue colour. These prints are made by treating a surface (paper, textile, leather) with iron salts that react to UV light or sunlight.In this workshop, you’ll learn the basic principles and techniques for creating cyanotype prints, from working with photosensitivemediums to developing and drying prints, experimenting with different objects, surfaces and treatments such as lemon and salt and botanical toning (immersing the final print in a bath of tannins such as tea or coffee to alter the tone of the blueprint). We will be developing our prints using the sunlight as well as UV lights.
Workshop #1 of 4 and beginning of design process for collective artwork in February, alongside Emily’s works in the gallery. 

OCTOBER 18,  9:00-12:00
2. Thinking with Colour, II — Botanical inks 101
Creating our own ink is not only fun, it reconnects us to our art materials, each other and the earth. We all have stories to share about colour, or perhaps family recipes to exchange. Workshop participants will produce a series of inks based on age-old recipes used throughout art history, using mineral and earth-based pigments sourced from the territory and abroad.What is ink and how it is made? What forms of pigment may be created from the surrounding landscapes and what stories do we carry about colour from our places of origin or life memories? Where do we find and how might we process colour? How can  we forage and extract colour respectfully while being inspired by nature’s palette? All these questions will be answered and more in this lively class.Boundless colours and all manner of botanical inks can be made when we consider the materials that abound beneath our feet and before our eyes: Vine, tinted soil, metal, spice, soft stone, root, soot, mica, shell, nut, berry, clay, bone, lichen, chalk, rusty nail, black walnut, copper, wild grape, drywall dust, common weed.
Workshop #2 of 4. In this workshop, we explore the basics of botanical inks (living colour) and continue the design process for a collective art work. 

NOVEMBER 1,   9:00am -1:00pm
3. Thinking with Colour, III — Experimental cyanotype & botanical inks
Workshop #3 of 4. In this workshop, we continue to explore cyanotype (sun prints), botanical inks (living colour) and the design process for a collective art work. This work will be displayed in the corridor at La Fab’s gallery in February, where a new body of works made by Emily in the same media from 2025-2026 will be exhibited.

DECEMBER 6,  9:00-12:00
4. Thinking with Colour, IV — Experimental cyanotype & botanical inks
Workshop #4 of 4. In this workshop, we continue to explore cyanotype (sun prints), botanical inks (living colour) as we finalize the design process for a collective art work. This work will be displayed in the corridor at La Fab’s gallery in February, where a new body of works made by Emily in the same media from 2025-2026

Emily Rose Michaud is a local interdisciplinary artist and educator working at the crossroads of community organization, ecology and civic participation. Emily’s art practice spans painting, drawing, ceramic, sculptural installations, land-based art, writing and imagining a new world into being.