Hand made prints
This print has been made using a blend of traditional and modern technologies. I used a digital camera for the initial image capture and a digital printer to make a contact negative on acetate film. Then the process transports to the 19th Century.
The Van Dyke Brown prints use both silver and iron salts to make a permanent brown and white image. The Cyanotype prints are formed using iron salts to make the vivid blue image on white paper (a real blueprint). This can be made almost black by staining with tea.
The made up chemical solution (Van Dyke Brown or Cyanotype) was painted onto 100% cotton mould made paper in a darkroom and dried before exposure. The image was fixed on the paper using traditional “hypo” and washed to archival standards.
This has been hand mounted onto 100% acid free mount board using linen tape and rice gum as is standard for museum archives.
The Van Dyke Brown prints use both silver and iron salts to make a permanent brown and white image. The Cyanotype prints are formed using iron salts to make the vivid blue image on white paper (a real blueprint). This can be made almost black by staining with tea.
The made up chemical solution (Van Dyke Brown or Cyanotype) was painted onto 100% cotton mould made paper in a darkroom and dried before exposure. The image was fixed on the paper using traditional “hypo” and washed to archival standards.
This has been hand mounted onto 100% acid free mount board using linen tape and rice gum as is standard for museum archives.
