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Casa da música from architect Rem Koolhaas. Porto - Portugal
Olympus XA2 + Kodak Ektachrome Extra 100 (Expired)
Processed with the new Florabella Colorplay Actions (for Photoshop and PSE) :) Clean Base + Pink Honey ♥
Yesterday I showed you a standard handcrafted cyanotype print. I described the process of applying the sensitising chemicals to the paper and exposing it to sunlight. I then showed what happens to the print when it is toned using a simple dark tea (tannic acid).
That's what I have done here with this cyanotype print of "The Soldier" (on the left hand side). You can see clearly how it has been stained in a bath of strong black tea. The tannic acid in the tea reacts with the ferric oxide and turns the blue to grey. The stained paper then takes on a kind of sepia tone.
The cyanotype process is very rewarding, but it requires a carefully thought-out hands on crafting experience. Planning and workflow is everything. So the four-part image above shows the main stages of preparing the print you will see next, "The Soldier".
1. Start with a raw image of the statue.
2. Convert this to black and white.
3. Produce a digital negative.
4. Make the cyanotype print (which will appear blue). Then stain it in a tea bath. This was soaked in tea for 10 minutes.
Once you have your stained print fully dried, you can cut it to size as seen in the next picture.
* A NOTE ON THE PAPER:
Since this is a wet process involving washing and soaking the paper it is vital to use high quality art paper. No less than 360 gsm. It is also important that it be acid free paper (since acids react with the cyanotype chemicals). In my case I used Reeves acrylic paper. For the soldier I produced an A4 size negative and initial print, but tomorrow I will show you two prints made on A5 size paper.
Public sculpture on the edge of Paternoster Square by Thomas Heatherwick. I've just discovered that it is actually called 'Paternoster Vents' and functionally provides a vent for an electricity substation below it.
It has subsequently become known as 'Angel's Wings'.
(APL_160227_3812)
A closer view ... shot from the top level of the San Diego Zoo, in Balboa Park.
Best viewed in THIS ALBUM.
An idea developed for the we're here group.I've put a much processed image into that group but wanted to post this image in my 366 group.I've never taken a self portrait before!
Colorways by phoneticontrol
click "all sizes" up above and download the (3412 x 2394) size, then print it out, cut it out and fold it and then glue or tape it together! the bigger the paper the easier it is to fold this thing!;