In a world of saturation comes the good ol fashion blues
with a story to tell. The land of cyanotypes is a stoic place with a touch of
fantasy, only to be seen in duotone.
Technically cyanotype is Greek for ‘dark blue impression,’
thanks Sir John Herschel. It is an
iron-salt-sensitive process, painted on to a surface. Once exposed to UV
light its chemical reaction creates a Prussian blue pigment. Creating one of a kind pieces. Of course there is a lot more to it, but no
one wants to read an instruction manual.
I’ve been playing with a few alternative processes and the
current favorite is cyanotypes. These
blue beauties can be brought to life two ways; the sun and a UV lights. Now that the clouds block the sun, a UV light
box is in order. I enlisted my dad for
help to build my sun box once the materials come. I can’t wait!
Creativity from beginning to end feeds my soul! Once my sun box is in full swing Palladium is
in my future. There I go again, getting
ahead of myself. I’m still feelin the
blue.
More to come once my sun box is built!
