The Pond 2 (original botanical cyanotype on paper, 18 x 24 inches)

Unframed 18 x 24” original cyanotype on cotton watercolor paper)

This monotype was made with fresh-cut native Californian wild grass from my garden. The species of tall marsh grass is called Gray Rush or the latin name juncus patens. It is native to Northern California and grows in local wetlands. If not cut back, it it would grow over 4 feet tall.

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.

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