Earth Bound Toning - Demonstration with Kate Bellis

Discover the rich history and quiet magic of this early photographic process as Kate works on her distinctive EarthBound prints

Come and join Alchemist in Residence at Derby Museums and EarthBound Artist and Curator, Kate Bellis, as she creates an EarthBound Cyanotype live.

Earth Bound Toning

Discover the rich history and quiet magic of this early photographic process as Kate works on her distinctive EarthBound prints, demonstrating one of the most environmentally conscious and accessible forms of image-making. Using light, time, and natural materials, the cyanotype process reveals the delicate imprints of the world around us in luminous shades of blue. She will show how she the tones with Earth to create her distinct style that has made her very much in demand as an artist.

This demo requires a ticket - the session lasts an hour where you will watch Kate tone and she will give hints and tips this section there is no hands on element , aimed at anyone with an interest in sustainability in photography.

Session will be above Norris Master Floristry on the High Street

This session is funded by Derbyshire Makes - please visit www.derbyshiremakes.co.uk to find out more

About Kate

Kate Bellis was born in 1969 and spent her childhood on a small farm in Devon. At the age of 17 she decided to leave this isolated rural environment and study photography at Nottingham Trent University, from where she graduated in 1991 with a BA(Hons) degree.

In 1992 she was an award winner at the Observer Young Photojournalist of the Year Competition. This gave her the chance to travel across China and into Tibet. The article that came from this work was published in the Independent on Sunday magazine. For several years, before becoming a mum, Kate travelled widely with her Leica camera, from Ireland to India, Uganda to Kurdistan. These articles and commissions often dealt with people and cultures that were in some way under threat, and with the strong relationship to the land around them.

Kate settled in Derbyshire towards the end of the 1990s and began a series of photo essays with the Derbyshire hill farming community. Following this, ‘Gathering’ was commissioned by VARC (visual Arts in rural communities). A project working alongside the Northumberland Hill Farming families with acclaimed Sculptor Sally Matthews. The exhibitions that came from the Derbyshire work and ‘Gathering’ have toured widely, reaching both rural and urban audiences, nationally and abroad.

Kate has published three books, ‘On The Edge’ (2001) ‘Gathering’ (2005) and HILL (2018) Her images have been published in many national and international newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, The Times, The Independent on Sunday and the American photo Review and Black and White Photography Magazine.

Kate lives with zoologist, Professor Karim Vahed , their young Son Gabriel, and a menagerie of furred and feathered beasts. Their home is a very old stone cottage at the bottom of a steep wooded track on the side of a hill near Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Peak District.

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