Order a pre-made SunPrint kit by Samantha Bias to create your own cyanotype at home at your own convenience! The kits include photo-sensitive paper, objects to make a print, and full written instructions. An instructional video will be released on Saturday, October 3. Participants will be expected to provide hydrogen peroxide and either a double sink or containers for water. This project takes 30 minutes-1 hour to complete depending on the level of sun and results in a beautiful, deep blue print.

Registration costs $30 per member, $45 per nonmember and ends Sunday, September 20 at 11:59pm. If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact officemanager@shakerhistory.org. Reduced $15 registration fees are available to those receiving SNAP benefits through the Museums for All program. Please contact us at education@shakerhistory.org if you qualify for a kit at a reduced price.

Samantha Bias is a Cleveland, Ohio-based experimental contemporary artist who emphasizes her work largely on nature and natural objects. Focusing on alternative process, Bias pushes the concept of what photography is and can be. Her work with ephemeral objects that can easily be overlooked or discarded becomes a source of inspiration to Bias. Her muses are depictions of figurative beings and digitally altered photo collage rendering black and white images on objects such as leaves to fuse the natural world with her own imaginative vision.

More work can be viewed on Instagram at @bias.samantha.