FINE ART
These images are created using manual techniques.
The image prints are applied to any surface using a transfer liquid with a brush. e.g. canvas - wood - metal. After a drying phase, the paper of the picture is dissolved with water and removed. After a further drying phase, the picture is provided with a protective varnish, which I apply with a brush, which gives the picture the look of a painting.
It is one of the oldest photographic imaging techniques developed by the English natural scientist and astronomer John Herschel in 1842. Anna Atkins, however, made the cyanotype known through her science books.
I combine modern digital photography with this old technique by creating a black and white negative on the computer, which I create in the size of the desired image, since this process is a contact exposure. The medium on which I create the picture is a watercolor paper that is coated with a freshly mixed chemistry. The negative is placed on top and weighted down with a glass plate so that it has perfect contact with the paper. The picture is exposed to UV light, which works well outdoors in the midday sun in summer, as it was originally.
When the exposure is complete, the chemistry is rinsed off the paper and the image appears.
After fixing, the paper is dried.
ICM Photography
Cyanotypie
Transfer technique
