Ice Object #7
Carley Schmidt
University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, WI
cyanotype on handmade abaca paper
6" x 6"
2020
I coated handmade abaca paper with cyanotype photo emulsion in my bathtub with the lights out. It was difficult to see, and I only had a small foam brush, so I chose to work on a small scale. I took my sheets of paper to Lake Mendota, one of the lakes that create the isthmus in Madison, where ice from the winter freeze had piled up along the shore as the lake began to melt. I sat a piece of ice atop each piece of paper, and let ice melt as the print developed. The melting ice created a bleed affect and a tonal range. I used unsized paper so that when I soaked the papers after exposure, I could sculpt them into new forms. Each object represents a tiny, melting glacier.
Ice Object #7
Carley Schmidt
University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, WI
cyanotype on handmade abaca paper
6" x 6"
2020
I coated handmade abaca paper with cyanotype photo emulsion in my bathtub with the lights out. It was difficult to see, and I only had a small foam brush, so I chose to work on a small scale. I took my sheets of paper to Lake Mendota, one of the lakes that create the isthmus in Madison, where ice from the winter freeze had piled up along the shore as the lake began to melt. I sat a piece of ice atop each piece of paper, and let ice melt as the print developed. The melting ice created a bleed affect and a tonal range. I used unsized paper so that when I soaked the papers after exposure, I could sculpt them into new forms. Each object represents a tiny, melting glacier.