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| Poppy Patch a cyanotype by Christine Kashuba |
This summer I have been
revisiting the Cyanotype process and creating images with the sun as the active
agent. The possibilities are endless and on a sunny day I could be found going
around the hillside with a piece of cardboard sourcing out places to create
images. My favorite this summer is
this Poppy Patch which was created on a very hot, sunny Okanagan summer
day. The poppies were in full bloom and
the shadows were strong. The prepared
paper was placed on the ground in the shadow of the poppies with selected
poppies laid directly on the paper.
Sunshine activated the chemicals and after it was washed, voila the
image appeared. Similar to developing
darkroom images there are controlled and uncontrolled elements in creating
cyanotypes which make it an interesting and exciting media to work with. A great source of information about
cyanotypes is this Alternative Photography site.
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