Light through Leaves Diptych (original botanical cyanotype on paper, 24 x 36 inches combined)

(two 18 x 24 inch original cyanotypes on cotton watercolor paper totaling 24” x 36”)

Though these look like aquatint etchings they are actually a historical photographic process from the 1800s called cyanotypes. My botanical cyanotypes are hand-printed on heavy watercolor paper and are each one-of-a-kind monoprints. I have an extensive background in printmaking, but these are “contact photographs” made outdoors using natural light and real plants and branches. There is no camera lens and there is no carved wooden block, no etched plate, ink nor printing press. I spend a great deal of time planning and arranging the composition of the branches on the photo sensitive paper before exposing the contact photograph to achieve a perfect balance of positive and negative space. I enjoy creating the illusion of a “scene” as if each botanical print were a snapshot or a painting.

These are triple exposure cyanotypes made using live plant cuttings from my own garden. In photography the term “triple-exposure” means you are seeing three images superimposed on each other. In cameraless techniques such as sun printing, it means that the plants were repositioned and re-exposed in three different locations on the photo-sensitive paper for precisely timed intervals which created the ghostly overlapping images you see. Each of my botanical cyanotypes made with hand-laid plants is unique. There are no duplicates because there is no photo negative and no etched plate.

This is an original monoprint on heavy acid-free cotton watercolor paper. It is signed on the back side. It would look best if matted with a border of at least 3 inches (10cm) and framed under glass.

These are triple exposure cyanotypes made using live plant cuttings from my own garden. In photography the term “triple-exposure” means you are seeing three images superimposed on each other. In cameraless techniques such as sun printing, it means that the plants were in three different locations on the photo-sensitive paper for precisely timed intervals which created the ghostly overlapping images you see. Each of my botanical cyanotypes made with hand-laid plants is unique. There are no duplicates because there is no photo negative and no etched plate.

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