Traditional Cyanotypes

When ferric ammonium citrate or ferric ammonium oxalate is mixed with potassium ferricyanide, it becomes sensitive to UV light. These chemicals can be painted onto paper or fabric and left to dry in a dark room. Once dry, objects can be arranged on the paper and placed in the sun.

The UV rays from the sun react with the chemicals and where the print has been covered with an object it will remain white. Once the print is rinsed with water, fixing the print, one is left with a blue and white print.

Meadow assembly
Different sizes and shapes present and require different plants and assemblies. I like squares.
Cyanotyping on a canoe trip down the Yukon River.
Collecting plants and things along the river and printing postcards.
Fireweed in Yukon. Each plant can produce up to 80,000 seeds. It is often the first plant to return after a forest fire. We saw much of it in burnt out areas along the river.