Cyanotype Workshop / Youssif Madbouly
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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
In the cyanotype workshop, we’ll learn a printing technique that uses a light-sensitive solution which reacts and turns blue when exposed to sunlight. During the workshop, we’ll produce designs featuring images, plant-based compositions, or various tools that help express an idea we want to translate into a visual design.
ABOUT YOUSSIF MADBOULY:
Youssif Madbouly is an Egyptian cyanotype artist and engineer who is self-taught in photography and the arts. He chose cyanotype as a medium that brings together photography, nature, and craftsmanship.His practice focuses on printing on various surfaces and materials, including paper, fabric, wood, and glass, while continuously experimenting with and developing alternative printing techniques.He conducts educational and artistic cyanotype workshops in Cairo and across Egypt. His work has been featured in the *Le Printemps des Artistes* exhibitions in 2025 and 2026, as well as at Photopia in Korba, Cairo.He has also led workshops in other locations, including Alexandria and El Gouna, and delivered educational lectures at universities, such as the Textile Department at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, contributing to the exchange of cyanotype knowledge and expertise within the artistic community and higher education.