Lines of Desire: R&D

OHP film - Cyanotype coverage 

 

Double cyanotype layer 

Photo touched up with black liner pen to ascentuate outlines

Exposure

3 minutes exposure - needed more time to achieve mid contrast

Sky treatment 

double coverage on edges away from the moon

spray water beneath stone moon 

sprinkle salt to create the galaxy effect 

Track Treatment 

Several options were considered.

 

1.The track could be cyanotped from an OHP film of an old map of the valley.

2.The tracks could be transposed using graphic and drawn onto the landscape and then gutta masked using fine liner. 

3. The tracks could be hand painted using cyanotype ;prussian blue' paint which is a byproduct of the print process. This might allow more variety in each image. The underlay could be cyanotpe print sprayed with water so that the dark prussian blue tracks might be more clearly contrasted. 

Foreground treatment 

Foreground treatment - Wet cyanotype

The deeper blue edges could be double coated

Acids could be used to play with different tones of blue, green and purple as the liquid reacts with the cyanotype and fresh foliage. This might take some experimentation but there is a level of undertainty which is intended to add to the 'nature' chaoes/uncertainty element of the image. 

The use of unity game engine is being considered at the moment in relation to asset creation and blending of immersive-interactive cyanotype media. 

This may be the next step along the path in extending the process. It may be useful in the next project which is entitled ' So.. she said',