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Ele Willoughby, PhD

More experiments with wet cyanotype! I want more active chemistry than more first attempt so I threw more at it.

I used things I had on hand. Instead of straight water I used lilac dye. I used some vinegar, salt, paprika and coffee grounds. Also I am using some finely sliced lemon both as objects to be imaged and a source of moisture and acid to start developing the photo chemicals during exposure.

Three wet cyanotype prints in progress on a board. Each has yellowish photochemicals painted on watercolour paper covered with botanical material to be imaged, splashes of fluid, spices and coffee grounds.
Two wet cyanotype prints in progress on a board. Each has yellowish photochemicals painted on watercolour paper covered with botanical material to be imaged, splashes of fluid, spices and coffee grounds. The botanical materials include several thin slices of lemon which are turning blue right away.
#cyanotype#printmaking#wetCyanotype
May 27, 2023, 12:26 PM·Public
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Ele Willoughby, PhD

Someone commented that I was like a “mad scientist artist” experimenting with wet cyanotype. I’m kind of loathe to contribute to the mad scientist trope, but also, Bwhahaha!!! Now we’re talking. I dig how those lemon slices turned out.

Four drying wet cyanotype prints in a sunbeam with colourful and somewhat abstract images of leaves, flowers and lemon slices in blues, greens, whites and rust colours.
#cyanotype#printmaking#wetCyanotype
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