Cyanotype

Year 2 - Elective 1

(3 weeks)

Cyanotype is a photographic emulsion that can be hand painted onto various supports. This project got under way with pinhole camera images. I took a photo of Harvey's caravan through a very basic pinhole camera which led to trying his used paper plates to great effect.

The project is a comment on wind farming and the loss of habitat to local flora and fauna. The final piece was a four place table setting encouraging people to have candlelight dinners as a way to save power.

Photography

Human impact on the environment was the concept behind this body of work. I loved getting into the darkroom, processing films the old fashioned way AND in black and white.