Experiments in wet cyanotype - part 29

Welcome to part 29 of my ongoing experiments with wet cyanotype. You can read all of the posts in reverse chronological order by clicking the Wet Cyanotype tab in the top header, or go here.

Buoyed by my previous success in combining wet cyanotype with SolarFast dyes, I repeated the process for this batch. Again, I painted fresh cyanotype solution in the center of cotton panels, surrounded it with SolarFast red dye, and laid on my plants. I used Queen Anne's lace for these two.

Then I did two with red maple leaves.

For three of the panels I topped them with glass for the exposure. I kept the exposure times on the short side, about an hour, for the ones with the flowers. Here they are after exposure, and after spending the night drying off in a dark room.

I left the maple leaves out in the sun longer, about 4 hours. For one I used a pane of glass, for the other I used a sheet of thin vinyl.

I really like the way the creases in the vinyl collected moisture and left a pattern. This is worthy of further exploration.

Here are the finished prints. As in the last batch, I first rinsed out the excess cyanotype chemicals as per usual practice, then washed them with textile detergent to properly set the SolarFast.

This one has a yearning vibe I find particular appealing.

The maple prints turned out great as well.

This was the last of the SolarFast products I had on hand. I wanted to use them up this summer, and that prompt worked out much better than I had anticipated. (See other experiments here.)  I have more ideas for experimentation, but practically speaking I will probably not get to restocking it and working with it until next spring.

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