This is a sampling of cyanotype prints I've created since early 2024. In these prints, you will see that I've experimented with the technique and process in ways that attempt to push my cyanotypes beyond traditional approaches. I've been moving in a new direction with my art, and I'm expanding my creativity to develop new work and processes that represent my deep love and connection to art.
Wet Cyanotype is a specific process of creating prints using wet materials, rather than on paper that has been pre-treated and dried. This can be either a wet-on-dry process or a wet-on-wet process.
Pre-Washed means I scanned the print after exposure and before washing it. In some cases, I want to preserve a copy of the print once it has been exposed with all of the materials used to make the print still attached. Oftentimes, the pre-washed version of the print is just as appealing, or even more so, as the end result after it has been washed.
Washed means I have finished the print by washing it in water after the exposure period. This completes the exposure process and washes away any remaining chemicals and material added to the paper before exposure.
Unwashed means I decided not to wash the print after the exposure period in order to maintain the look and texture as it is seen in the image with all of the materials still attached. Washing would materially change the look and feel of these prints, and I decided to finish them with a UV spray without washing.
Experimental Wet Cyanotype means I have pushed further into experimentation with various elements, such as pigment powders, iron salts, salt water, rain water, and a variety of other elements. My Experimental Wet Cyanotypes are all left unwashed.
Environmental Cyanotype means I created the prints on-location, out in the natural world. For these prints, I take dry-coated paper out into the landscape, and I experiment with adding, sand, dirt, mud, iron salts, earth pigments, and whatever water is available on the scene to collaborate with nature in the making of these prints.
I teach these creative techniques in online courses and on-location workshops through Santa Fe Workshops, as well as through Out of Chicago.
---------------------------- Art Prints of cyanotypes seen here are available as Limited Edition prints of 5. Prints are signed verso and come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
