Homeschool Explorations: Why Are Blueprints Blue? (For students age 6-11)

cyanotype process example to illustrate why architects used this technique to reproduce building plans.

Homeschool Explorations: Why Are Blueprints Blue? (For students age 6-11)

March 18, 2025

Students will learn about the history of blueprints, and why this artistic photographic process became so important to architecture! They will create their own cyanotype print to take home, using the same process Frank Lloyd Wright once used.

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Homeschool student $15
Adult chaperone $0

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