Developing cyanotype

Toning

I like the toning because i prefer the depth of indigo ink instead of bright blue. 

On the canvas it looks like a crafty aging process which isn't what I was aiming to achieve. Should I have left this canvas bare?  

Sits really heavily on the canvas and smells of coffee despite lots of rinsing

  


Testing

Repeated the cyanotype process after using acrylic paint - there are faint suggestions of a second print. This is what makes the outline of the figure and triangles where the chemicals where'nt painted over the whole paper.

Gesso

Gesso on top does leave a shadow

Acrylic

Acrylic is too thick despite being used with a medim

Oil

Oil

with linseed is much better for transparency

Polychronos

Polychronos work well to pull out small details but take over when used to pull out more detail 

Bleach

Bleach removed some of the coffee staining and I used a brush to remove the staining under the tape marks. 

Painted back into this to pull out details with oil paint.

 

Enjoying playing with bleach over cyanotype, gesso and ink - corroded/ bright/ pulls back negative spaces/ vivid in areas.



 

playing with ideas around curating tiled repeat cyanotyped images.
 


I'm not convinced that the transparent gesso works -i think i'm washing it away when i rinse the cyanotype mix which is also impacting on how they develop,

problems with the prepped cyanotypes that i did in the dark of the studio - because i'm doing the prints in stages between work and different locations - i think they're devoping partly before i attempt to do them - not sure i'm rinsing them all completely either - is the back holding developer / the gesso - 
do i need to go back to basics and just use the mix on bare canvas? - Probem: when i want to paint into them with oil, if i cover them in gesso - it leaves a shadow (when tested on paper) 






 
Grouping and forming relationships


  

Thinking about domestic with cyanotypes on the line..

   
noticing print marks that are interesing 

 

Trying to produce as many as posible and looking at how to curate..




 

Adding polychrono pencil


 

 

Beetroot and tea toning  


 

Thinking about veil in different ways




Bleach

 

Bleached back an re exposed cyanotype - too hot - images came and went and rust colours and marks appeared



 

  










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