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Anthotypes Demo: Making Pictures from Plants!
Somerville Community Growing Center
22 Vinal Ave.
Saturday May 25, 1-3pm
Rain date: June 1
Anthotype (flower print) an Eco-friendly photo-based process using colorful flowers and plant emulsions to create ephemeral images and photograms, using the sun to make exposures. Learn how to extract natural color from flowers and other plants. Somerville artist photographer & Massachusetts master gardener Mary Kocol will demo this enchanting light-sensitive process from the Victorian era and dawn of photography. See various stages of Anthotypes in progress. For all ages and experience levels: kids, adults, artists, teachers, gardeners, print makers, natural color enthusiasts. Free!
Supported in part by a grant from Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by Massachusetts Cultural Counci
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Portraits and Photograms