Night and Day 4 encaustic collage (8 x 8 inches on wood panel)
This miniature 8× 8 inch encaustic collage is the second in my 'Night and Day' series of collages mounted on wood panels. The surface is coated with a satiny layer of thick encaustic wax, applied hot, which dried to give a finish like frosted glass. There is a very slim border of the gold painted wood panel showing around the image when viewed from the front and the four sides are painted gold. This eliminates the need for a frame.
The paper patterns are my own hand-printed botanical cyanotypes. These are not etchings made from a reproducible image inscribed on a metal plate or carved in a block. My botanical cyanotypes made with living plants are all monotypes. The plants used were from my own garden during the first spring of the pandemic in 2020: oleander and Mexican sage.
Each of the cyanotypes that was cut up to assemble one of my collages was a unique monotype made from plants in my own garden. Cyanotypes, also known as blueprints or sun prints, are a 19th century alternative photographic process which does not require a camera lens.
There is a 3/8 inch (1 1/4 cm) border of white painted wood showing around the image when viewed from the front and the four sides of the ½ deep birch cradled panel are painted gold. This eliminates the need for a frame.
There is a wire on the back making it ready to hang immediately. The papers used in the collage are heavy 100% acid-free watercolor paper which will not yellow with age. The paper's surface is sealed with a transparent, matte layer of cold wax to protect it.
About “toning”: The yellow cyanotype print began as a blue cyanotype and was turned yellow through a process called "toning." After being printed and rinsed, a blue print was soaked in detergent to turn it a warm shade of butter yellow and then rinsed again and dried again.
This miniature 8× 8 inch encaustic collage is the second in my 'Night and Day' series of collages mounted on wood panels. The surface is coated with a satiny layer of thick encaustic wax, applied hot, which dried to give a finish like frosted glass. There is a very slim border of the gold painted wood panel showing around the image when viewed from the front and the four sides are painted gold. This eliminates the need for a frame.
The paper patterns are my own hand-printed botanical cyanotypes. These are not etchings made from a reproducible image inscribed on a metal plate or carved in a block. My botanical cyanotypes made with living plants are all monotypes. The plants used were from my own garden during the first spring of the pandemic in 2020: oleander and Mexican sage.
Each of the cyanotypes that was cut up to assemble one of my collages was a unique monotype made from plants in my own garden. Cyanotypes, also known as blueprints or sun prints, are a 19th century alternative photographic process which does not require a camera lens.
There is a 3/8 inch (1 1/4 cm) border of white painted wood showing around the image when viewed from the front and the four sides of the ½ deep birch cradled panel are painted gold. This eliminates the need for a frame.
There is a wire on the back making it ready to hang immediately. The papers used in the collage are heavy 100% acid-free watercolor paper which will not yellow with age. The paper's surface is sealed with a transparent, matte layer of cold wax to protect it.
About “toning”: The yellow cyanotype print began as a blue cyanotype and was turned yellow through a process called "toning." After being printed and rinsed, a blue print was soaked in detergent to turn it a warm shade of butter yellow and then rinsed again and dried again.
This miniature 8× 8 inch encaustic collage is the second in my 'Night and Day' series of collages mounted on wood panels. The surface is coated with a satiny layer of thick encaustic wax, applied hot, which dried to give a finish like frosted glass. There is a very slim border of the gold painted wood panel showing around the image when viewed from the front and the four sides are painted gold. This eliminates the need for a frame.
The paper patterns are my own hand-printed botanical cyanotypes. These are not etchings made from a reproducible image inscribed on a metal plate or carved in a block. My botanical cyanotypes made with living plants are all monotypes. The plants used were from my own garden during the first spring of the pandemic in 2020: oleander and Mexican sage.
Each of the cyanotypes that was cut up to assemble one of my collages was a unique monotype made from plants in my own garden. Cyanotypes, also known as blueprints or sun prints, are a 19th century alternative photographic process which does not require a camera lens.
There is a 3/8 inch (1 1/4 cm) border of white painted wood showing around the image when viewed from the front and the four sides of the ½ deep birch cradled panel are painted gold. This eliminates the need for a frame.
There is a wire on the back making it ready to hang immediately. The papers used in the collage are heavy 100% acid-free watercolor paper which will not yellow with age. The paper's surface is sealed with a transparent, matte layer of cold wax to protect it.
About “toning”: The yellow cyanotype print began as a blue cyanotype and was turned yellow through a process called "toning." After being printed and rinsed, a blue print was soaked in detergent to turn it a warm shade of butter yellow and then rinsed again and dried again.
