Experiments in wet cyanotype - part 99

Welcome to part 99 of my experiments in wet cyanotype. This was a quick set of prints featuring Spikenard , Aralia racemosa. It's a perennial that grows to shrub height each summer, with large coarse leaves, and spikes of inconspicuous flowers that mature to purple berries. I started with a print of three sprigs on cotton sateen, using standard cyanotype chemicals with a splash of Solarfast.

I also made a set of prints on mineral paper.

Here are the prints after exposure and before rinsing out.

And here are the finished prints. 

I'm very happy with the patterning on the fabric print, and the swirly bits on the paper prints. I love how even somewhat mundane leaves are transformed with this process. 

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