Bloom: Watery Entanglements

In this hands-on print etching workshop, you’ll explore your connection with water through sound and cyanotype printing – a process that uses sunlight to make striking blue images.

Reflect on how water flows through daily lives, from taps at home to rivers and oceans. You'll also look at the impact of algal blooms on aquatic life and think about how art can help care for the environment in new ways.

Using documentation from the current Karenia mikimotoi bloom in South Australia, you’ll create your own cyanotypes that capture the beauty and fragility of life in water. These prints are more than just artworks – they’re visual stories, both memorial and call to action, that highlight our entanglement with rivers, oceans and the creatures that depend on them.

Come ready to listen, experiment and make your own river-inspired art.

Age: 14 to 18 years