I am approaching the place where I can be a working artist again. The bulk of the moving/setting up the house/finding new providers stuff is under control. The studio is very close to being entirely functional. I am doing bits of handwork I had set up previously, but am starting to entertain ideas about new work.
In that spirit, I did a quick batch of wet cyanotype prints, the first since dismantling the studio in early June. I clipped bits of foliage that were close at hand in my new yard and garden and used them for prints. Above is some wild grape, aka fox grape, and below is a bit of virginia creeper.
I didn't try anything fancy with extra chemicals or colors here, they are just straight up wet cyan prints, put out on a sunny September day and left for about 5 hours. Below are a few more fox grape panels.
I am a bit rusty and may have added a bit too much moisture to some of these, but I am viewing them as simply practice pieces, to test out my new environment. Here are the prints after exposure and before rinsing.
I've got a bit of that coveted orange fire on some of these.
Here they are rinsed, dried, and finished.
I'm happy with the results.
I've already treated more fabric in anticipation of more prints.
I unavoidably missed a good bit of the summer printmaking season, but September and October still offer lots of opportunities.
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1 comment:
Wow! You're fast at setting up house! Good on you. And you've made some lovely prints. Do you have a good garden to use?
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