Things have been busy here. On Saturday, Debra and I converted my laundry room into a darkroom so we could make cyanotypes.
For the first wave, we collected natural materials from the woods and used them to print on pages torn from books or cut up prints Debra made at Carnegie Mellon.
Last night, I made a series of digital negatives from photos taken during a visit to the ghost town, Bannock, Montana. As soon as the sun is strong enough, I'll be printing these on pages torn from books. Debra is making line drawings on transparencies and printing them directly onto found images.
I painted the cyanotype solution over the book pages and left sections of text uncoated - so I'm hoping that the printing process will reveal a new story, that I can stitch together in an artist book.
For the first wave, we collected natural materials from the woods and used them to print on pages torn from books or cut up prints Debra made at Carnegie Mellon.
Last night, I made a series of digital negatives from photos taken during a visit to the ghost town, Bannock, Montana. As soon as the sun is strong enough, I'll be printing these on pages torn from books. Debra is making line drawings on transparencies and printing them directly onto found images.
I painted the cyanotype solution over the book pages and left sections of text uncoated - so I'm hoping that the printing process will reveal a new story, that I can stitch together in an artist book.
I had never heard of Cyanotypes before. So, I did a little bit of research to find out the exact process. How facinating! My dad is a photographer and he used to have a dark room in the house I grew up in. Your blog made me remember the smell of the chemicals and conjured up fond memories...
Posted by: kerry | June 24, 2008 at 01:11 AM
This sound like a very cool project. I look forward to seeing how your prints turn out :)
Posted by: Regina | June 23, 2008 at 04:48 PM