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Cyanotype Printing - Documentation & Reflection


It was suggested to me to explore other possible avenues of investigating organic materials to widen my research. I reminisced on my childhood and being back at school creating cyanotype prints in science. My collection of pressed plants have been pressed in books untouched for weeks, only opening them to press more materials. I have been needing a way of preserving the plant matter additionally to the frames i am planning to use for the degree show and the cyanotype prints would allow me to do this. Creating these kinds of prints is something i haven't done for over 10 years which meant i needed to brush up on my research and do a few trail and errors to see how it is possible to get the best outcome.


This that went wrong/need to change in future ventures:
  • Painting the paper in the dark resulted in uneven ink coverage - I would avoid this in the future by applying the solution in a darkroom therefore making it possible to see the paper without effecting the overall aesthetic 
  • was windy which resulted in the plants moving - I did change this variable by moving inside and producing them through a window however this could also be achieved by placing a sheet of glass over the prints which would also make the plants a lot sharper as they would be a flat material rather than 3D.
  • I experimented with using plants i already had pressed as well as plants that i had in the garden to see which aesthetic i preferred - crisp lines produced by pressed plants of a 3D plant creating a blurred slightly 3D edge which also helped to create depth

I still plan to create more cyanotype prints for the degree show shop but will need to wait for another sunny day to get the best results. I will factor in all the variables i encounted to hopefully produce some professional designs. I also plan to experiment with creating depth by layering organic materials. 


Exposing the plants outside proved to be hard as a result of the wind moving the materials




Prints after being exposed outside ready to be washed.



I then moved inside to create more prints to avoid the plants from moving in the wind.








The above images where the ones that proved to be the most successful.

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