Solar Art Project

August 9, 2008 by Jennifer  

Right now, while the sunshine is at it’s peak, it’s the perfect time to make sunprints.

flowers2_png-400x396.jpg

While sunprinting paper in itself is not exactly sustainable, you can make beautiful, frame ready art that you’ll love having around the house, and kids think sunprints are magical.You simply place an object on sunprint paper, expose it to the sunshine, and then give it a dip in water, and your custom print appears.

leaf2_png-345x362.jpg

Visit Sunprint Kits to learn more and to purchase paper.

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in August 2008

[Images via The Regents of the University of California Sunprint Gallery]


Comments

6 Responses to “Solar Art Project”
  1. Hil says:

    Oooh, these are pretty. Thanks.

  2. kisha says:

    That looks like fun.

  3. Jodi Plume says:

    I’ve been reading about these in several places. So now I wanna do some too. :) Thanks for posting the link for the kits. :)

  4. Jackie says:

    this is really kool, hah
    i’ve just placed an order for this on innovatoys.com
    can anyone can show me how to use it? I read many articles but I’m not pretty sure what I should do.
    u know…I dont want to waste any of this paper
    hey, here’s an idea. maybe I could use it to make holiday cards. That would be unique gift!
    here the link that I purchased http://www.innovatoys.com/p/SNPTKL

  5. ljanderson says:

    What is the exact chemical reaction that occurs with the uv light and paper? am using this for a summer camp and a lot of the kids ask how this works…I know the uv light reacts with the chemical on the paper, but what is it?

Trackbacks

Check out what others are saying about this post...
  1. [...] to go hiking to find new rocks. Do art projects that use nature, such as build a solar cooker, make sun prints, make holiday decor with leaves, and so [...]



Speak Your Mind

Tell us what you're thinking...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!


About Us | Advertise with us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
Get This Theme


All content is Copyright © 2005-2009 b5media. All rights reserved.