Kindred Cameras

The two loves of my life.

I think I’m onto a winner here. Using up the last of the leftover paper from the weekends Cyanotype workshop, I took a couple of test ideas from earlier in the week and combined them and I think what I envisioned with these ideas finally came into fruition.

By splitting up the cyanotypes and creating a collage at the end, it allows me to control the exposures of all the elements seperately so that you don’t sacrifice print quality. I think it looks kinda cool in the frame too!

For edge to edge coverage, you can’t beat this technique.

I’m not sure where I picked this up from, but it was ‘back in the day’ - I’m guessing the Christopher James Alt processes book or the classic archive of tutorials.

The idea behind it is to coat the paper fibres from every direction while also removing excess chemistry, don’t be afraid to make a mess. The end result will be a perfectly even coating, but hey, if you like the more whacky approaches then don’t let me stop you!

Third time lucky with this Polaroid emulsion lift to a perspex frame.

I’ve been toying around with this for the last couple of days and slowly adjusting my technique to get these transfers working well, it’s definitely different sticking the emulsion to perspex rather than paper. But I’m getting close to something exciting I think, particularly with the coloured ‘forms’, which are a great example of concrete photography (something exciting for a conceptual photography nerd like myself).