Experiments in wet cyanotype - part 84

I took advantage of beautiful summery weather here in Pennsylvania to make some more wet cyanotype prints. First up is a large panel of elm leaves, using cyanotype chemicals mixed with Solarfast solar dye chemicals. Above is a large panel of elm leaves on cotton sheeting; below is the print after exposure but before rinse-out. 

Here's a medium sized panel of a single elm twig, again on cotton, after exposure and before rinse-out.

Here's two prints, after exposure, on mineral paper. It reacts very differently than fabric and I'm continued to be fascinated by it.

Here's the finished big elm leaves panel. Hot sunny days help the chemical move around during exposure in all sorts of interesting and largely unpredictable ways, and I'm very pleased with how this one turned out.

The finished single twig panel. There's a bit of a double exposure effect on the edges of the leaves, where they dried and shrank during the process.

The mineral prints are wild! They appear to be floating in a sea of anarchy.

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