2020 "Pastel Dreamy Drips" Mixed-Media Cyanotype by Kind of Cyan

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This is an exclusive handmade mixed media cyanotype with hand-painted acrylic paint in pastel tones.

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Title: Pastel Dreamy Drips
… Read more This is an exclusive handmade mixed media cyanotype with hand-painted acrylic paint in pastel tones.

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Title: Pastel Dreamy Drips
Medium: Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Size: 100x70 cm
Year: 2020

*Frame is for illustrative purposes only, artwork is shipped carefully rolled in a tube.

WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE?

The cyanotype (a. k. a. sun-print) process is one of the oldest in the history of photography, dating back to the 1840's.

Cyanotypes were then made famous by Anna Atkins, considered the first female photographer. Inspired by nature, we feel the need to look back at a craft that is handmade, analogue, and using an all-natural light source: the sun.

Our cyanotypes are made by coating high-quality Italian watercolor paper with a light-sensitive emulsion. We then expose it in uv-light for several minutes using a photo negative to get the best image quality. Finally, the print is washed and fixed with water to stop the reaction and prevent fading.

What you get is an amazing, royal blue image, with absolutely no ink involved. And since each print is handmade, tones will give gorgeous, subtle variations. The beauty of cyanotypes is that each print is absolutely unique. See less