Cyanotype Workshops

​Create beautiful blue botanical prints using light, water, and natural materials in a thoughtfully guided experience. We'll introduce you to the simple cyanotype process, then you'll have plenty of time to experiment, explore different plant materials and compositions, and enjoy the creative process at your own pace.

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Each print is one of a kind, created using plants, flowers, light, and water, making every piece uniquely your own. You'll discover a centuries-old photographic printing process and leave with several handcrafted cyanotype prints to frame, display, use in cards or gift tags, or give as thoughtful gifts.

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No artistic experience is necessary. We provide all professional-quality materials, and everything you need will be waiting for you when you arrive. We'll guide you through every step.

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We're Eric Tepper, MD, a family medicine physician in East Sacramento, and Clary Tepper, PhD, a psychologist in Midtown Sacramento. These cyanotype workshops are completely separate from our clinical practices. We started them because we wanted to create the kind of evening we'd actually want to attend ourselves: two hours away from email, errands, and everyday responsibilities, learning something new, making something beautiful with our hands, and leaving with something we'd genuinely want to take home.

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We intentionally keep each evening small so everyone has plenty of space to work, time to experiment, and individual guidance throughout the experience. There's no rush and no expectation that your prints turn out a certain way. Part of the joy of cyanotype is that every print is a little different.

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Whether you enjoy chatting while you create or quietly settling into the process, you'll fit right in. There's no pressure to socialize, perform, or consider yourself artistic. Everyone works at their own pace, and we'll be there to guide you whenever you need us.

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This isn't therapy, professional training, or a networking event. It's simply a creative evening where you'll make something beautiful in good company.

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That doesn't mean there aren't benefits to spending a couple of hours absorbed in something creative. Research on art-making has found measurable changes in stress and mood, including reductions in cortisol, while longer-term studies have linked regular creative activity with better cognitive health as we age. And you don't have to be an artist to benefit. In fact, there may be something particularly valuable about being a beginner: learning a new process, experimenting, paying attention to what happens, and letting go of the expectation that you already know how to do it.

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That's part of what we like about cyanotype. For two hours, your attention is on arranging leaves and flowers, watching an image emerge, rinsing a print, and wondering what will happen if you try something a little differently the next time. You're learning something new and making something with your hands . . . and, at least for a little while, email and the rest of your to-do list can wait.