Saturday June 21 9am to 3pm

Sunday June 22 10am to 3pm

Fee $325.00

Join us for 2 days of creating the beautiful Prussian Blue prints.

On Day 1, we will delve into the a little history of cyanotype printing and take the time to explore samples that showcase the use of this unique process across numerous artistic forms. Participants will learn the essential techniques for coating papers and fabrics, as well as the methods for exposing and developing their creations. Throughout this day, we will focus on crafting photograms using a variety of botanicals and other intriguing objects. Moving on to Day 2, we will go a bit deeper into the creative possibilities by experimenting with digital negatives, exploring toning techniques, and engaging in various paper arts.

Class limited to 10 Email for more information and to register

This is a one-day artistic retreat for anyone who feels that their lives are too full to have any time for creativity or artistic expression. This is a retreat for anyone who believes they are not artistic – indeed we believe that you are. This is a retreat for those who would like to swim in a shared creative space with other artistically curious people for a day. An opportunity to recharge; to remind yourself of things you like to do; to be in nature; to get away, but not too far that you have to make too many plans; to do something not for product or process, but just because; to make a japanese folding book and cyanotype to set you on a path of making small moments for slow time. 

This one-day retreat looks like: 

• homemade continental breakfast

• creative writing & movement warm-up 

• hours to work on two creative projects: a framed cyanotype and a Zen Japanese folded book

• enjoy-as-you-wish lunch spread while you create

• time for rest and conversation

• a home cooked meal that we prepare together led by Fabienne Bollum of Dripping Springs bakery and cafe, Rolling in Thyme & Dough

You’ll go home with:

•  two completed art projects and the know-how to duplicate them if you wish, 

• a handmade art 101 guide to help you get started on the “blank canvas” of any project,

• strategies for continuing a manageable and low-stakes artistic practice, 

• and maybe even some new hacks in the kitchen. 

Retreat Leaders:

Diana Small writes, directs, produces and performs for theater and film. She makes comedic work that explores the body, gods, death and change. In 2021, she led a year-long, monthly myth-making workshop called Who Knows What You Are that empowered people to reimagine their origins and be exposed to a unique artistic discipline each month. She is a hospital chaplain. MFA, Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin. MDiv, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. ​

Paige Greene is a textile artist who enjoys contemplating the world through color, texture and pattern. Paige’s current focus is in quilting, but she also works in dye, print, and embroidery. Her artistic interests center around the collision of pattern & chance, using color as story, bringing new form to scraps of recycled textiles. By day, Paige works as a learning and development consultant in the highly non-textile world of tech. 

DorRae Stevens began her photographic journey as a portrait and wedding photographer. Over the last 10 years her interest has turned to many Antiquarian and handmade processes including wet plate collodion, cyanotype and lumen printing, photogravure printing. She and her husband, Bobby, have converted the old horse barn on their property into Creek Road Homestead, a place to share with other creatives to learn, work, rest and rejuvenate.  

Email us at creekroadhomestead@gmail.com with any question.