Artist Julia Whitney Barnes has a fascinating process for creating cyanotype, watercolor and gouache pieces on paper.
Cyanotype Prints from the Flora at Burton Agnes Hall From May 2019 – March 2020 Jill worked on an artist’s residency at Burton Agnes Hall in East Yorkshire. She used the…
Once a year the cyanotype gets special attention in World Cyanotype Day (WCD) held on the last saturday in September. Take part here online.
Project #1: Cyanotype Jorge, I’d like for you to continue your interest in double exposures and the drops of food coloring. I think transferring some of the water drop images without the foot…
Cyanotypes are also called sun prints. They're made using photosensitive paper. They're fun and easy to make.
Cyanotypes are also called sun prints. They're made using photosensitive paper. They're fun and easy to make.
A 15"x22" cyanotype printed on top of a Van Dyke Brown
Good work came out of the art studio last week, and even after Debra went home to Pittsburgh, I kept going in a fever. I collaged with books, cyanotype prints and encaustic until, finally, my wax griddle started to smoking...
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Using the cyanotype process Angela Chalmers is inspired by the narrative ‘Angel in the House’ by English poet Coventry Patmore . The poem became to symbolise the ideal role of a middle-class Victorian wife who was expected to lead a life of domesticity, feminine self-sacrifice, submissiveness and social restriction.
In this digital world, there is a beauty in getting back to basics.
It's time for more wet cyanotype fun! Here's another batch of experimental prints using the wet cyanotype method of printing on fabric. If you are new here, welcome, and feel free to look back at the explanations in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. I've also added a tab to to the blog header that will give you all the relevant posts in reverse chronological order. This time around I was working exclusively with cotton sateen that I treated myself with cyanotype solution. I spritzed a bit of water on the foam board base, added the fabric, placed the leaves, gave it another spritz, and covered it all with a sheet of glass. I started with 'August Moon' hosta leaves, above, and an ornamental sweet potato vine, below. Below is another hosta leaf that sustained some damage, and a wood poppy leaf. For these first three the first spritz of water had a bit of dye-na-flow pink color added; the rest were all plain water. Here is a christmas fern frond. You can never have too many fern prints. Up next were two daisy sprigs. Using flowers in regular cyanotype printing, where the exposure is 10 - 15 minutes, can be a bit tricky, and the delicate petals are more translucent to light than the leaves, and its hard to find the right balance. So I was curious to see what would happen with the wet cyanotype process with these. Last up in this batch was a wonderful snake root compound leaf on a 16" x 20" panel. All of these were left outside for approximately 24 hours. The weather was sunny, hot, and very humid. After exposure, they looked like this: They were very dark and moody looking. I like taking photos as this stage because it is very transient. I somehow skipped taking a photo of the fern at this point, probably because I got distracted by these daisy prints: The flowers are fairly well represented, but the leaf impressions got melt-y, perhaps because of the moisture in the leaves and stems, or possibly it became a focal point for the condensation on the glass. And the snakeroot print was really dark at this point. After rinsing, drying, and ironing, here are the finished prints. Once again, I am just in love with the results this process produces. The golden mottling here is just great: This one is a particular favorite: And again, you can never have too many fern prints. I'm not sure how I feel about these daisy prints. They seem somewhat unsettling to me. I can see how some stitch work to define and/or enhance some of those melt-y bits and the flowers could be really effective. Or not. I'm not sure I want to invest a lot of time in them. They will go up on a design wall so I can think about them for a while. Last but not least, the snakeroot print turned out very lovely. I love the purple tones and all the shading in the leaves. I took a break from the printmaking frenzy at this point because I had run out of treated fabric, and I had other things I needed to attend too. But there will be more to come.... As always, thanks for reading and commenting! July 2022 Update: This post has been doing some numbers, so I wanted to say hello, and thank you, to everyone stopping by. I also wanted to let you know that this exploration turned into a series of 78 posts, and counting! You can easily access them, in reverse chronological order, by clicking on the Wet Cyanotype tab in the top header. I share a lot of details about what I've tried, and am always honest about the results in each post. Mixed in is the occasional post showing artquits I've made with my prints. I hope you enjoy reading my blog, learn a thing or two, and try your own hand at this very enjoyable process. Thanks as always for reading! You can also follow along on your platform of choice: Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/suerenostudio Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/suereno (on hiatus right now) Tumblr: http://suerenostudio.tumblr.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sue_reno_studio/ August 2023 Update: Still doing some numbers, still doing new experiments! I'm up to Experiments in wet cyanotype - part 83 and I continue to be grateful for all the interest and support. Here's the updated list of my socials, I'd love to have you follow along on the platform of your choice: Threads: [email protected] page:http://www.facebook.com/suerenostudio Tumblr: http://suerenostudio.tumblr.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sue_reno_studio/
Analog Forever Magazine is pleased to showcase 81 images in this month’s online exhibition, entitled “A Certain Kind of Blue,” curated by photographic artist and Assistant Professor in Photography at the University of Tampa, Jaime Aelavanthara!
Today I visited Grimsby to hang my work for the forthcoming 62 Group exhibition 'Ebb & Flow'. For this exhibition I have worked on a sequence of three large cyanotype prints on silk. The tryptic, called 'Baptism', explores the euphoric experience of cold water swimming. Through personal observations, the sensual awakening of the body is traced as shimmering stitched marks on the surface. You can see this and work by many distinguished artists in Ebb & Flow at the Fishing Heritage Centre and Grimsby Minster, Grimsby, NE Lincolnshire from 9th September to 2nd November 2014. You can see some photos and read about the special events on the Ebb & Flow Facebook page.
J.J. Grandville (1803-1847) “Les etoiles” 1847
18" x 24" Cyanotype print altered with watercolor paint.
A photogram of flowers from a photographer's garden in North Yorkshire scooped the top prize.
Analog Forever Magazine is pleased to showcase 81 images in this month’s online exhibition, entitled “A Certain Kind of Blue,” curated by photographic artist and Assistant Professor in Photography at the University of Tampa, Jaime Aelavanthara!
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Cinnamon toast and a large mug of tea by the stove are my fuel for this bit of writing. It’s the last day of British Summer Time and at 4pm the fading light means I’m allowed to indulge…
The new cyanotype size is perfect for arranging a nice grouping of images. The selection ranges from celestial prints, plants, and sea creatures among others. Each sheet of Arches French made 100% cotton watercolor paper is hand coated with a light sensitive solution and dried in a dark room. The paper is then exposed with a film negative under UV light . Then the print is washed with fresh water— during this process the solution chemically changes to a deep blue. The print is then dried in heavy paper stacks to wick away the water. Since each piece of paper is hand cut sizes vary slightly but roughly 12” x 12”. The last image shows other pieces available on site.
Once a year the cyanotype gets special attention in World Cyanotype Day (WCD) held on the last saturday in September. Take part here online.
As Instagram portfolios overflow with images taken with ever-improving iPhone cameras, Austin-based artist David Johndrow continues to make platinum-palladium, cyanotype and gum bichromate prints, observing minute details that most of…
Artist Julia Whitney Barnes has a fascinating process for creating cyanotype, watercolor and gouache pieces on paper.
