Year 10 Art and Design

Year 10 have created cyanotypes which is a traditional method of photography and takes inspiration from Anna Atkins, English botanical artist, collector and photographer and the first person to illustrate a book with photographic images.

Her nineteenth-century cyanotypes used light exposure and a simple chemical process to create impressively detailed blueprints of botanical specimens.

Anna’s innovative use of new photographic technologies merged art and science and exemplified the exceptional potential of photography in books.

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art and Design