For eighteen years I worked for an independent school as an art technician and in that time I learned many different art forms and the techniques of how to teach them. This was the plus point of working as a technician and I have many people to thank for this teaching. Ross Wallis, Jo Millar, Cathy Pink, Ali Shurville and Sara Read.
There are two disciplines that I feel would be well received by local (and not so local) schools and art groups in the South West.
Cyanotype is the first discipline which made a huge impression on me when I first learing how to do it. For those who are unfamiliar with the technique, it is this. Using an UV sensitive solution ( a mixture of potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate) which is applied to paper and allowed to dry. Next you can apply some simple flora like Lavender, and lay it over the paper. Lay the paper and lavender out under the sun and in a short space of time, the paper, where the sun has hit, will turn Cyan blue. This is then washed under a running tap to fix the picture.
This is the most simple way of achieving good results. However, there is one unknown aspect of this technique. The sun, It is not always available when we want it, which can be particularly frustrating when trying to make a cyanotype image.
The answer to this issue is to make a portable UV box. To be properly portable it has to be light to carry, and this means that it will have to be made from Beech Plywood which is strong and very light.
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