#sunprint — Public Fediverse posts

A Cyanotype: from prepared exposure to final image. An experiment for the Jetsam series.

1st - exposure of layers of plastic on top of cyanotype paper in a contact frame. Exposed for about 6 hours.

2nd - post-exposure / pre-development. The crucial step! Judging when to stop exposure is the hardest thing to learn

3rd - post-development 'final' image. Texture and structure as hoped!

#cyanotype
#blueprint
#jetsam
#memory
#philosophy
#philosophyofmemory
#composite
#sunprint
#oceanplastic
#porto

A first experiment with Jetsam.

This is using lots of fragments of plastic matter of all kinds, but essentially 2D.

I am layering up to 5 or 6 pieces, as I want to develop texture.

The idea is that these fragments of memories come together to create a new composite memory. Perhaps in the way a socially-shared memory differs from the way any single individual might remember it.

#cyanotype #blueprint #jetsam #memory #philosophy #philosophyofmemory #composite #sunprint #oceanplastic #porto

Another experiment in composition with gull feathers.

This one is on a large (60 x 50cm) piece of fabulous Arches paper.

Unfortunately, it's hard to capture the richness of the blue, or the texture the paper gives. It's by far the most satisfying depth of colour... the feathers are floating either in a deep sea or in the perfect sky.

#cyanotype #blueprint #feathers #seagull #deepblue #deepbluesea #perfectsky #porto #PortoArtist #ArtisticProcess #ideas #gullfeathers #sunprint

This one of a kind cyanotype with tumeric sun print on water colour paper 11" x 14" has an image of virginia creeper leaves.

An anthotype is a sun print made with light-sensitive pigments. I painted pigment from tumeric directly onto water colour paper and then also treated it with photochemicals.

#alternativePhotography #cyanotype #anthotype #tumeric #sunPrint #printmaking #VirginiaCreeper #BotanicalArt #MastoArt

When Love Breaks Down.

Sibling image to 'Absence Makes The Heart Lose Weight (Yeah)'

Exposed for about a week in late summer.

I used a custom-made contact frame of 70 x 50 cm to hold everything in place for so long.

Even after a week, some leaves have let no UV light through.

Title from a Prefab Sprout song. https://youtu.be/fMYbD7kK7fI

#cyanotype #blueprint #leaves #HeartShape #WhenLoveBreaksDown #PrefabSprout #LongExposure #ContactPrint #AbsenceMakesTheHeartLoseWeight #Sunprint #Spiky