I always like to mark the quarters of the year in some way. The spring equinox of 2021 dawned bright, sunny, and warm, so it was the perfect opportunity to open up the print studio, such as it is, and make some new wet cyanotype prints. To add a new twist to the process, I experimented with adding some soap bubbles to the compositions just before laying down the glasss. The effect on two prints done on mineral paper was immediate-the paper is very slick to start and things slide around in a very satisfying matter. These are bits of fern fronds that survived the long cold snowy winter.
The effect on cotton sateen was more subdued, as anticipated, because the cloth is absorbent. It was still off to a good start with a pressed and dried red mulberry leaf. I added some green solarfast chemicals to this one.
Here are the prints after about a 5 hour exposure, before rinsing. Again, very promising. I lost some of the bubbles but the soap affected how things moved around.
And here is the mulberry on cotton, before rinsing. the bubbles are much more subtle but are still there.
Here are the finished prints. I am very happy with them!
They have such a good balance of light/dark and swirls/bubbles.
Again, the bubbles on the cloth are less pronounced but still quite lovely.
I anticipate working to fine tune the bubble enhancements in upcoming prints.
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Love it! I can't wait to start up again.
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