Wild Reeds (Unframed 18 x 45 inch original cyanotype)
(18 × 45 inch original botanical cyanotype on paper)
UNFRAMED
This nearly 4-foot long one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades.
This monotype was made with South African reeds, not the more delicate Californian gray rush I use more often. This one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of the South African reed called "dakriet" (in Afrikaans). The common English name is more "Cape thatching reed." The Latin names are Elegia tectorum, Chondropetalum tectorum or Restio tectorum.
Although this looks like an etching or block print, it is a cyanotype, a type of 19th century cameraless photography also known as blueprints or sun prints. Every one of my botanical cyanotypes is an entirely unique monotype as the cut plants are laid by hand in that one exact composition only once. Every blade of grass was placed deliberately by hand in a composition to balance the positive and negative space. There is no copper plate; there is no ink or printing press; only the sun darkening the paper exposed to light.
Printed on 100% cotton acid free watercolor paper with decorative deckled edges for float-mounting. Ships rolled in a tube.
All prices include free shipping within the United States via UPS ground shipping.
(18 × 45 inch original botanical cyanotype on paper)
UNFRAMED
This nearly 4-foot long one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades.
This monotype was made with South African reeds, not the more delicate Californian gray rush I use more often. This one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of the South African reed called "dakriet" (in Afrikaans). The common English name is more "Cape thatching reed." The Latin names are Elegia tectorum, Chondropetalum tectorum or Restio tectorum.
Although this looks like an etching or block print, it is a cyanotype, a type of 19th century cameraless photography also known as blueprints or sun prints. Every one of my botanical cyanotypes is an entirely unique monotype as the cut plants are laid by hand in that one exact composition only once. Every blade of grass was placed deliberately by hand in a composition to balance the positive and negative space. There is no copper plate; there is no ink or printing press; only the sun darkening the paper exposed to light.
Printed on 100% cotton acid free watercolor paper with decorative deckled edges for float-mounting. Ships rolled in a tube.
All prices include free shipping within the United States via UPS ground shipping.
(18 × 45 inch original botanical cyanotype on paper)
UNFRAMED
This nearly 4-foot long one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades.
This monotype was made with South African reeds, not the more delicate Californian gray rush I use more often. This one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of the South African reed called "dakriet" (in Afrikaans). The common English name is more "Cape thatching reed." The Latin names are Elegia tectorum, Chondropetalum tectorum or Restio tectorum.
Although this looks like an etching or block print, it is a cyanotype, a type of 19th century cameraless photography also known as blueprints or sun prints. Every one of my botanical cyanotypes is an entirely unique monotype as the cut plants are laid by hand in that one exact composition only once. Every blade of grass was placed deliberately by hand in a composition to balance the positive and negative space. There is no copper plate; there is no ink or printing press; only the sun darkening the paper exposed to light.
Printed on 100% cotton acid free watercolor paper with decorative deckled edges for float-mounting. Ships rolled in a tube.
All prices include free shipping within the United States via UPS ground shipping.
