Experiments in wet cyanotype - part 35

 Cabin fever hit hard after a winter full of frequent snow and ice storms. While waiting impatiently for spring, I did a few quick wet cyanotype prints, just to keep my hand in.

 All of my hardy perennials were under snow cover, so I turned to the evergreens for foliage. The first two prints are of arbor vitae, the other two are Pieris andromeda, aka Pieris japonica. I was willing to sacrifice the buds on a few twigs for the cyanotype gods.

 All four prints are on cotton sateen that I previously treated with the cyanotype chemicals. I sprayed the setups with water and sprinkled on a few grains of washing soda, and set them out in the cold winter sunshine. Temperatures reached the low forties F.

 I shoveled this deck off numerous times lately, and finally gave up on one corner of it. My studio assistant was engaged in the process as always, and set himself up for supervisory duties.

 Here's the finished, un-rinsed prints after about five hours exposure.

 The grains of soda ash make very pleasing little sparkles sometimes.

 Other times, with perhaps just a bit more water trapped under the glass, the colors and swirls can get pretty fancy.

 This one looked especially promising. They sometimes change a lot when rinsed out, so I always like to record this transitory stage.

 Here are the finished prints. I am quite pleased with them all, and can feel the printmaking obsession sinking back into my bones.

 Both the arbor vitae prints have a lot of nice detail.

 Here's the wild one! I lost a bit of detail in the flower buds, but I can always add that back in with stitching. I love the purple tones in the leaves.

 This one is a real gem.

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