Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to take an open studies Cyanotype class at MICA here in Baltimore! Throughout those four weeks, I spent countless hours in their basement darkroom going through the wringer of trial and error, figuring out all the nuanced quirks that make the cyanotype process so cool but also so unforgiving. I had a lot of prints turn out successful, and just as many turn out as flops. Ya live and ya learn! In the meantime, though, I’m happy to have some of the better successes available for your walls. If you’re unfamiliar with the cyanotype process—google it. The internet could explain it better than I could.
Because of the experimental nature of cyanotypes, each of these prints will look a little different from their brethren. Some have deeper blues, some have a dreamier haze. I photographed the full batches here, but I’m only selling the ones that I deemed passable. If you’re someone who’s into slightly imperfect art and a very cool experimental process… then these are definitely for you.
I’ve had a thing with clouds these last few years. They’re like the face of God to me, huge and billowing and ever-changing. They’re some of the biggest things that we look at daily, when you really think about it. I’ve been wanting to make a print of just clouds for a while now, but was struggling to figure out how to properly capture them with my illustrative hand… when I realized I was looking at the picture wrong. I wasn’t supposed to draw clouds; I was supposed to capture clouds. Using a 35mm photo that I shot in Colorado earlier this summer, Cloudhound is my ode to those great beings in the sky. I swear that Cyanotype blue was made for making prints of clouds, and nothing else. I cannot wait to get one of these on my wall.
16×20 Cyanotype on hand-coated Stonehenge paper
Each print features hand-torn deckled edges
Signed and numbered edition of 6
THANKS ALL. REALLY HOPE YA DIG THESE.