Cyanotype - over
pigment prints
This
hybrid process involves printing a pigment print onto paper and overlaying
a cyanotype image. While experimentation might reveal some intriguing
results,
Selecting
the right image
the
first step in this process is to imagine how the two parts of the image
will combine.
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This
image of clouds in a blue sky is suggestive of the cyanotype and
for this reason I decided to work with this as a background. |
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This
image of the back of a Roman mirror of 200BC has little blue and
offers a good subject to juxtapose against the blue background |
Working
on the pigment print
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Using layers
in photoshop
where the blue sky is underneath the mirror image, areas of
the image of the mirror are erased away where the clouds will
sit with a mask in photoshop.
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Making
the negative
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Through
photoshop a negative image is produced that combines both the
clouds and the mirror. While the cyanotype emulsion covers the
area where the mirror is, it does not appear to adhere where
the pigment is laid down and washes off readily during processing.
However, a space for the area of the mirror is created in the
negative.
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