Golden Buttercups and Daisies (SunPrint009)

This original Cyanotype print features wildflowers from the hedgerows around my lovely Wiltshire home ... gorgeous Ox-eye Daisies and sweet little buttercups, gathered while I was on my local walks. A Cyanotype Photogram is a photographic image made without a camera, by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material and then exposing it to light. It is a very Eco-friendly art form. The subjects for my artwork are wildflowers or flowers from my garden, which Nature produces for me in abundance! And I use the sun to develop the prints … as an energy source, you can’t get more sustainable than that! I used splashes of Ferris Wheel Press “The Ribbiting Pond Ink”, this is a lovely light blue ink with a Duochrome Green Shimmer. I used salt in the wet cyanotype process, because this creates a wonderful crystalising effect, as well as a spritz of vinegar, to lighten the shade of blue in the final print. The print is mounted onto a Cradled birchwood Painting Panel and coated with Cold Wax Medium for protection.