Experiments in wet cyanotype - part 46

There were a few days last October with warm temperatures, bright afternoons, and some bits of foliage here and there that were damaged but still whole, so I fit in one last fresh foliage printmaking session. I again combined the wet cyanotype process with solar dyes. Above is a panel of American elm leaves, before exposure, and below are some pokeweed stems.

I also found some tendrils of fox grape that were suitable.

And finished out with one last honey locust print.

Here they are after exposure and before rinsing out. I was using up my available stock of chemicals, so applied everything somewhat whimically.

They are looking very promising at this stage.

I like the way the two processes bleed into each other.

Here are the finished prints. I like the color transitions on this elm print.

These two, the pokeweed and the fox grape, really draw your attention inward.

And the locust print is fairly straightforward. Sometimes that's what's needed in a larger composition, and stitching will further enhance it.

I've been working with cyanotype since 2002, and with the wet cyanotype process since the summer of 2017. All the wet cyan posts, of which this is number 46, where I document my experiments in detail, are available in reverse chronological order by clicking the "Wet Cyanotype" tab in the header bar, or by going here.

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