In Dreams I Found Utopia, New Work in Progress

Time for a new work in progress! This will be the chronicle of the last quilt I finished before I packed up my studio in anticipation of moving. I really had to push to get it done, and documenting fell by the wayside. So I'm sharing the steps involved now.

I started with leaves I had collected as they fell last autumn and then preserved with glycerin. I wanted a way to extend the wet cyanotype printmaking season. I also was in the mood to try printing a big panel, as opposed to my mainstay of 9 x 12 and 16 x 20 inch panels. I treated a nice big piece of my favorite cotton sateen with the cyanotype chemicals and waited for a somewhat sunny day, as the days grew ever shorter.

I detailed the setup and printing of these images back in December, in this blog post. I'm reprising a bit of it here, partly to catch us all up, but mostly because I am still in love with these images of the print during exposure after being left out overnight. The weather dipped below freezing and everything got so beautifully frosty.

Here's the print after exposure, before rinsing and finishing. It's hard to quantify the difference the frost made; I think it was subtle but still significant.

Here's the finished print. I fell madly in love with it, and pushed other things further down on the schedule so I could work on it while my love was hot and fresh.

Up next, time to add a river.

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