Sue Reno Studio: Experiments in wet cyanotype

July 22, 2025

Experiments in wet cyanotype - part 94

I'm catching up with some of this summer's output in wet cyanotype prints. It's been an extraordinarily wet summer to date, reminiscent of when I lived abroad and experienced the monsoon, but I've still managed to sneak in a print day here and there.

I started with a big cotton sateen panel of box elder leaves. All of the prints from this session are standard cyanotype chemistry with some sloshes of Jacquard Solarfast added here and there.

Next are 4 sheets of mineral paper with milkweed leaves. All the rain has the milkweed growing like, well, a weed, although in my garden they have a dedicated spot where they are welcome.

Here are the mineral paper prints a few minutes after exposure began. The slipperiness of the paper allows the chemicals to move about a great deal at first.

Here are all the prints after exposure but before rinse out.

Here are the finished prints. That big red slash through the center of the sateen print is less subtle than my usual work, but I think it accurately reflects my state of mind at this point in time.