Studio practice
Cyanotype for lighttight
My idea for the cyanotype for light night changed slightly, I decided to try and link it to my project work. I decided it would be a self portrait with text layered on top. I was hoping to make 2 A1 pieces, one with text from shit stories and one covered in lies, I saw this as my transition from the shit stories project to this new idea of lies. I took self portraits myself, choosing to be in underwear as I felt that spoke of the vulnerability of the text. I inverted the images on photoshop and added the text over the top, had this printed on A1 clear film at the shop.
Yang helped me with the process as I wasn't 100% confident doing it alone. For the first print we tried using the machine, the image disappeared during the washing process, we weren't sure how to change the settings on the machine so decided it was best to just use the sun for the second print. The second print was successful, we left it to expose in the sun for around 5 minutes, this time the image didn't wash away. I am happy with how this print turned out, I would like to carry on playing with the cyanotype process.
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