Here's a fresh batch of wet cyanotype prints for your viewing pleasure. I've been doing a lot of sewing so far this summer, stitching on various configurations of previous prints, and haven't been making as many prints, but I still have to scratch that itch from time to time.
I started with a hemlock sprig, and two configurations of box elder leaves on mineral paper.
I then prepared two configurations of elm leaves on cotton sateen. I mixed just a smidge of green Solarfast in with the cyanotype chemicals.
It's been hectic around here, so I completely missed the exposed-but-not-rinsed photos, but I've got plenty of other examples of that in this series of blog posts. So lets just skip to the good stuff, like this completed hemlock print. I am in love with the complexity of this one!
There's a lot going on with the box elder leaves as well.
It's like there's distant galaxies swirling around in the background. (And yes, I am obsessed with the first images released from the James Webb Space Telescope.)
The prints on cotton are a bit calmer, but there's still a lot of beautiful variation and coloration going on here.
And maybe some distant galaxies as well, in the background.
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2 comments:
Hi Sue! Came across your work only today, and I've been meaning to try cyanotype myself for a long time, but I wanted to experiment with it a bunch and I'm yet to come across anyone who's had results as lovely as yours. I'm an artist and Game designer from India and I love what you're doing, the galaxies you've formed here and your earlier trials as well.
Hi Leaf, thanks for the kind words! I've been at this a long time, and I've learned a few things which I'm happy to share.
I have an enduring love for India--in the blog header I've got a link to posts about my travels there, from a trip in 2011, a lot of vintage pictures from when I lived there as a student in the 1970s.
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