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cha_mel_eon, the children and I went out to collect materials to make cyanotypes on our daily towpath walk. Thanks to a prompt from her, I remembered and dug out a packet of sun paper I bought years ago from my photography supplies. I bought it when we were still living in Cambridge, prior to Humuhumu’s birth, which tells you how expired it is.Nevertheless, we decided to give it a whirl. After a couple of experiments, we determined that we needed to use it (a) when the sun was still high in the sky, to maximise contrast during exposure and (b) with materials that produced sharp edges.
The one on the left was made with periwinkle flowers and goosegrass (“sticky weed”, according to Keiki). The one on the right was made with pink and blue forget-me-not flowers.
We also picked quite a lot of wild garlic, which we’re going to use to make anthotypes tomorrow. The leftovers, we will eat, as usual!
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We have wild garlic around here, and I'm tempted to give it a try because real garlic gives me a tummy ache, and I'm always looking for substitute alliums.
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The smell of wild garlic leaves is much stronger than the taste. Maybe you could try it in a pesto as a basil substitute? Then it would be blended, and hence less fibrous, and you could also have tiny amounts at a time.
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I still call goosegrass 'sticky grass' by default. 'Sticky weed' is ace.
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Our garden is infested with it and it gives me contact dermatitis, which is rather annoying....
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He loves collecting sticky weed and sticking it to his grown-ups. Unfortunately (?) he's not very stealthy about this because of all the giggling, so he invariably gets caught.
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I was thinking of doing it outside in high summer, but the logistics of laying out a scarf and arranging plant material in the dark, then getting it outside, and finding a large piece of non-UV-blocking (plexi)glass to weight it down I haven't really figured out yet. I guess the glass is optional, but I think it does produce better results, and it protects from wind during exposure.
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Those are really nice!
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I had never heard of cyanotypes until last week and now it's two different unrelated people talking about them. Is lockdown the golden age of cyanotypes?!
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Wild garlic pesto!
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