The Makerspace Archive

A place to collect and share tidbits, resources, and experiments from my time spent in Makerspaces on the topics of learning to create, creating to learn, and cultivating creative spaces for makers. More @ celestemoreno.design

Creating Temporary Art that Feels like Magic with Photochromic Pigment

Photochromic pigment changes color when exposed to UV light, opening up all kinds of possibilities for ephemeral experiments with light, shadow, collage, etc. It's a versatile material that can be mixed with paint, glue, and other materials and applied to a huge variety of surfaces. I particularly like to use this to prototype and test cyanotype designs before actually creating a cyanotype print. This post documents some of the many possibilities myself and others have explored.

ce-mo.bsky.social|June 20, 2026