Cyanotypes, toned in various ways, some worked up with ink detailing afterwards. Framed with natural timber frames and float mount. Framed size approx 33 × 43cm each. Display as a grid. About 6 available in this series. Framed with a float mount and deep nature timber frame.
£450 each, free UK shipping. Contact me for enquiries here
Cyanotypes are one of the oldest photographic printing processes in the history of photography. Combining ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide makes an iron-rich solution sensitive to light. The solution is then coated on to paper (in the dark). The chemicals react to UV light when exposed, creating ferric ferrocyanide, also known as Prussian Blue. After exposing the coated paper to sunlight, the last step in the process is to thoroughly wash away the sensitiser solution with water, and the blue darkens as the print dries.
For these a second process is undertaken. When the cyanotype is dry it is bleached, and then toned with various different tannins for different results - coffee, black tea, green tea, wine tannin etc. These are experimental pieces, studies in toning.
Cyanotypes, toned in various ways, some worked up with ink detailing afterwards. Framed with natural timber frames and float mount. Framed size approx 33 × 43cm each. Display as a grid. About 6 available in this series. Framed with a float mount and deep nature timber frame.
£450 each, free UK shipping. Contact me for enquiries here
Cyanotypes are one of the oldest photographic printing processes in the history of photography. Combining ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide makes an iron-rich solution sensitive to light. The solution is then coated on to paper (in the dark). The chemicals react to UV light when exposed, creating ferric ferrocyanide, also known as Prussian Blue. After exposing the coated paper to sunlight, the last step in the process is to thoroughly wash away the sensitiser solution with water, and the blue darkens as the print dries.
For these a second process is undertaken. When the cyanotype is dry it is bleached, and then toned with various different tannins for different results - coffee, black tea, green tea, wine tannin etc. These are experimental pieces, studies in toning.
