Here are my first two Cyanotype prints, done during the lesson. As you can see, they are quite dark.. in reality they aren't as dark as they appear here, but they are probably over exposed. They were done in daylight rather than the 'box' so it was a little harder to control and monitor. The third print I did, was exposed with the artificial light. I feel this one was a lot more successful as the colours are better. Also, this suited my chosen objects better as they weren't squashed by the glass in the frame. The light was able to work around the shape of the celery leaves, which brought out some tonal range whilst the above to images are very flat. I did leave the edges messy on purpose as I thought my subject matter was quite boring.
If I had more time, I would go back and do all of them with the artificial lighting. Also, I would rethink a 'proper' idea. I would love to try it with a negative. Maybe layering a couple of negatives?
I guess the theme of these works is organic objects, or 'edible trees,' as I have used baby spinach, parsley and celery leaves. I'd also like to try toning cyanotypes.
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A cyanotype “painted” with pastels - wow, maybe I could have done hand coloured cyanotypes! |
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| A cyanotype toned in ammonia and tannic acid with a superimposed straight cyanotype print. |
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| A cyanotype toned in tannic acid and sodium carbonate. |
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| A straight cyanotype Water quality can change the colour of a Cyanotype. |
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