Lost in the garden I

Hand-detailed cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag 300gsm.

The print is approximately 40 x 58 cm. It is not mounted or framed.

This print is an original cyanotype. Also known as sun printing, cyanotype printing is a camera-less photography technique which uses sunlight to capture an image. I use the same method that was used in the 1800's. You can see how it was made in the video link in the photos.

It was made by arranging layers of climbing rose branches between sheets of glass on top of paper coated with a photosensitive emulsion. This was then exposed to sunlight before being washed to reveal the final image.

'Lost in the garden' is a whimsical series of prints that evokes that feeling of being overwhelmed by the beauty of a garden, the symmetry of a flower, or the grandeur of a tree … the feeling that we are small and insignificant in comparison to Mother Nature.

Cyanotypes are archival and can last for more than a century, but are best displayed out of direct, strong sunlight. If they do begin to fade over the years, you can place them in the dark for a week or two and, like magic, they will regain their full colour. In a way they are a living memory of what the sun saw in a given moment in time!

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