Daylight Diptych (Two 24 x 12 x 1.5 inch monotypes on wood panel)
These yellow monotypes look like block prints or screen prints but are actually lensless photographs. They began as blue cyanotypes and were turned yellow through a process called "toning." Cyanotypes are a form of 19th century photography also known as sun prints and blueprints. The chemicals in the photo emulsion typically produce a blue and white image. However, this print was “toned” or bleached in detergent to turn it a warm shade of butter yellow.
The toning process adds two more days to the time it takes to make these prints and the toning itself has a high failure rate. There can be a small blue area that refuses to turn yellow, remaining a greyish mid-transformation color and spoiling the print. Because of this, the price is higher for my yellow cyanotypes than the normal blue. The thick watercolor paper is mounted on wooden panels with their 1.5 inch deep sides painted white as well as the front edge, which serves as a frame. Each panel individually measures 12 x 24 x 1.5 inches (30 x 60 x 4 cm). These two mounted prints on panels can be hung close together or spaced apart in a hallway or staircase.
The paper is sealed with a very thin coat of rubbed-on cold wax medium. This matte barely perceptible layer protects the paper against dirt, dust and moisture, but does not have the noticeable thick, shiny, glassy look of an encaustic finish.
These yellow monotypes look like block prints or screen prints but are actually lensless photographs. They began as blue cyanotypes and were turned yellow through a process called "toning." Cyanotypes are a form of 19th century photography also known as sun prints and blueprints. The chemicals in the photo emulsion typically produce a blue and white image. However, this print was “toned” or bleached in detergent to turn it a warm shade of butter yellow.
The toning process adds two more days to the time it takes to make these prints and the toning itself has a high failure rate. There can be a small blue area that refuses to turn yellow, remaining a greyish mid-transformation color and spoiling the print. Because of this, the price is higher for my yellow cyanotypes than the normal blue. The thick watercolor paper is mounted on wooden panels with their 1.5 inch deep sides painted white as well as the front edge, which serves as a frame. Each panel individually measures 12 x 24 x 1.5 inches (30 x 60 x 4 cm). These two mounted prints on panels can be hung close together or spaced apart in a hallway or staircase.
The paper is sealed with a very thin coat of rubbed-on cold wax medium. This matte barely perceptible layer protects the paper against dirt, dust and moisture, but does not have the noticeable thick, shiny, glassy look of an encaustic finish.
These yellow monotypes look like block prints or screen prints but are actually lensless photographs. They began as blue cyanotypes and were turned yellow through a process called "toning." Cyanotypes are a form of 19th century photography also known as sun prints and blueprints. The chemicals in the photo emulsion typically produce a blue and white image. However, this print was “toned” or bleached in detergent to turn it a warm shade of butter yellow.
The toning process adds two more days to the time it takes to make these prints and the toning itself has a high failure rate. There can be a small blue area that refuses to turn yellow, remaining a greyish mid-transformation color and spoiling the print. Because of this, the price is higher for my yellow cyanotypes than the normal blue. The thick watercolor paper is mounted on wooden panels with their 1.5 inch deep sides painted white as well as the front edge, which serves as a frame. Each panel individually measures 12 x 24 x 1.5 inches (30 x 60 x 4 cm). These two mounted prints on panels can be hung close together or spaced apart in a hallway or staircase.
The paper is sealed with a very thin coat of rubbed-on cold wax medium. This matte barely perceptible layer protects the paper against dirt, dust and moisture, but does not have the noticeable thick, shiny, glassy look of an encaustic finish.
