*Ferric Ammonium Citrate and Potassium Ferricyanide

A natural outgrowth of the photograms, the cyanotype brought me out of the dark room and into the sun for this beautiful process. Fittingly discovered by an astronomer, Sir John Herschel, the deep Prussian blue is evocative of the sky, space, or a warm tranquil sea. Like the photograms, I’m searching for physical objects that are analogous to the lines and marks of my drawings, and creating abstract, dream inspired micro/macrocosms. Unlike photograms, the process is slower and a little less predictable, creating softer lines and textures.

Ranging from 18x24 inches up to 42x60 and larger, the scale of these is quite outsized from traditional cyanotypes. I want the viewer to get lost in the scale, to have to move your eyes and get a sense of depth in these pieces. The large scale also requires creative approaches to setting up, exposing, and processing, including laying out the objects on the sensitized paper before dawn, and letting the rising sun expose the image, or utilizing a large rolling table in a two sided (artificial light and daylight) photo studio.