A beautiful selection of images submitted from around the globe in celebration of World Cyanotype Day 2022.
Artist: Gabrielle Knöbl
Title: “Fall”
Description: Turmeric wet cyanotype on cotton paper.
Artist: Nataliya Mironenko
Title: “Greeting Cards”
Description: Cyanotype, printed from handmade negative, gold watercolor.
Contact: nataliamironenko86
Artist: Richard Digby
Title: Untitled
Description: The image was made from a digital negative enlargement of a 35 mm film photo, and toned in ammonia and tannic acid.
IG: @paracrinoid.
Artist: Savanna Liddle
(Educator: Lauren Baker, Visual Arts, Floyd Central HS, Floyds Knobs, IN)
Title: "The Fall of Spring"
Description: Cyanotype on watercolor paper of found natural elements from school grounds.
Artist: Chloe Finn
(Educator: Lauren Baker, Visual Arts, Floyd Central HS, Floyds Knobs, IN)
Title: "The Sun and the Moon”
Description: Collaged cyanotype of found book pages over cyanotype on watercolor paper with cut edges and added metallic elements throughout.
Ana Anderson
(Educator: Lauren Baker, Visual Arts, Floyd Central HS, Floyds Knobs, IN)
Title: Ramen with the Lads"
Description: Original drawing photographed and printed as a negative, cyanotype on watercolor paper.
Artist: Kate Satkoski
((Educator: Lauren Baker, Visual Arts, Floyd Central HS, Floyds Knobs, IN)
Title: "Grace”
Description: Cyanotype on watercolor paper of gathered organic and manufactured items with colored pencil accents.
Artist: Emerson Dickson
(Educator: Lauren Baker, Visual Arts, Floyd Central HS, Floyds Knobs, IN)
Title: “Two Birds”
Description: Cyanotype solution painted on watercolor paper in silhouettes and printed with gathered objects.
Artist: Bartholomeus
Title: “Sunny Silence”
Description: Cyanotype on A4 Aquarell paper, negative from own made photo toned with tea (a four day process).
Artist: Doris Wasserman
Title: "Cream for your tea, Nana?"
Description: Reminiscent of an illustration from a children's story book, the figure's pose elicits excitement. A liquid is being poured (in an unusual pattern) from a small pitcher. Fireflies seem to be swirling about the child's head.
Behind the scenes: I gathered my grandmother's silver creamer, a string of faux pearls strung on wire, and a long piece of velvet ribbon. I wore a bathing suit, wrapped the pearls around my head, quickly laid the ribbon out in a whimsical pattern, and popped down on an oversized sheet of prepared mulberry paper that had been laid out in the sun. It was a hot summer day, so the exposure only took about 5 minutes.
Contact: https://www.doriswasserman.com
Artist: Kim Webb
Title: "Blue Spirit"
Description: 11 x 14" cyanotype on mixed media paper. The earth and I cried together heavily and extensively on the evening of July 21, 2022 in Athens Ohio. As one, the earth and I mourned the heartbreaking sorrow of the upcoming departure of my Grandmother's human form. I felt held. The sky lit up for hours from three directions with the most astonishing show of lightning. I created this cyanotype from a digital negative and positive transparency of a captured bolt of lightning from that evening.
Contact: kimberlymwebb.com
Artist: Paulette Hall
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: "Serenity"
Description: Cyanotype on mixed media paper, 11 x 14" created from a 8.5 x 11" transparent digital negative of Lake Hope in Ohio.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Kenneth MacKillop
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: "Mom Receiving The Child Kenneth"
Description: Cyanotype from digital 8.5 x 11" negative on mixed media paper.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Stephen Rounthwaite
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: “Yin Yang”
Description: Cyanotype on cotton fabric printed from 8.5 x 11" digital negative. The image is from a waterfall at Ash Cave in Hocking Hills, Ohio USA.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Carolee Miller
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: "Tree at the Park"
Description: Cyanotype printed on 11 x 14" mixed media paper from digital 8.5 x 11" negative.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Dorothy Howard
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: Untitled
Description: Cyanotype printed on mixed media paper from two digital negatives size 11 x 14" on paper.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Gary Cartwright
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: Untitled
Description: Cyanotype on cotton fabric from 8.5 x 11" digital negative
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Joe Johnson
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: “Gnome”
Description: Cyanotype printed on 11 x 14" mixed media paper from 8.5 x 11" digital negative
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Kelly Basilio
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: Untitled
Description: Cyanotype on 11 x 14" mixed media paper from digital 8.5 x 11" negative, hydrogen peroxide wash
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Levi McLain
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: “Cloud”
Description: Cyanotype on 14 x 11" mixed media paper from 11 x 8.5" digital negative. The cyanotype brings out the feeling and colors of the sky and clouds even though it is a black and white image.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Carrie Smith
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: "Caterpillar"
Description: Cyanotype on 11 x 14" mixed media paper from 8.5 x 11" digital negative, washed in hydrogen peroxide.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Jennifer Jones
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: “Skull”
Description: Cyanotype, Hydrogen Peroxide wash, from 8.5 x 11" digital negative on cotton fabric
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Leslie Brooks
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: "Niagara Falls"
Description: Cyanotype on cotton fabric from 11 x 8.5" digital negative
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Melissa Pollesch
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: Untitled
Description: Cyanotype printed on cotton fabric of an 11 x 8.5" digital negative from an image taken at the Mary Beth Zak Lohse Preserve in Athens Ohio.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Randall Lewis
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: "The Blues With A Small Voice!"
Description: Cyanotype printed on cotton fabric from an 11 x 8.5" digital negative.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Margaret Adams
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: Faded Spring
Description: Cyanotype on cotton fabric from 8.5 x 11" digital negative.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Artist: Kim Betts
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: “Moody Blue Sky”
Description: Cyanotype on mixed media paper from 8.5 x 11" digital negative.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Susan Armstrong
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: “Beep Beep Kitty”
Description: Cyanotype on mixed media paper, 11 x 14" created from a 8.5 x 11" transparent digital negative.
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Artist: Nora West
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: "Natural Contrast"
Description: Cyanotype on cotton fabric from a 8.5 x 11" digital negative
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Candice Birch
(Educator: Kim Webb, Photography Educator & Community Arts Coordinator, Athens Photographic Project)
Title: “The Mindmeld of Images”
Description: A farmer made, rock rake welds up to become a prosthesis. Cyanotype on cotton fabric from two 5 x 7" digital negatives .
Contact: athensphotoproject.org
Artist: Brenda Hughes
Title: " Maple Leaves Under Water"
Description: I'm still experimenting and become 'enlightened' with every new experiment. This was a wet cyanotype on Canson XL watercolour paper, Japanese maple leaves and dried grasses from my yard, little spritz of diluted vinegar and some bubbles. I feel it was a simple piece but so affective. Less is more.
Contact: http://www.bjayhuspetportraits.ca
Artist: Sumiko Yokoyama
Title: “Transmission of Nature”
Description: This work is a cyanotype photogram. It was fixed on paper at the site where plants are growing intertwined as if exchanging information.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/sumikoyokoyama/
Artist: Anne Renee Silver
Title: “Rise”
Description: This cyanotype was made by combining a digital negative with a live flower. It's a hybrid between a photogram and a photographic print. Watercolor paint was added sparingly after development.
Contact: Anne Renee Silver Photography
Artist: Wendy Currie
Title: “Enlighten - Orange Blossom"
Description: This image is a wet cyanotype photogram of native orange blossom leaves and flowers. I sprayed the image with vinegar and sprinkled ground sea salt over the top. Exposed in UV lightbox for 40 minutes.
Contact: https://www.wendycurriephotography.com
Artist: Edward Peck
Title: “Himalayan Honeysuckle in Blue”
Description: Cyanotype on Cotton Paper toned with Himalayan Honeysuckle and Turmeric
Contact: www.sassamatt.com
Artist: Cedric Muscat
Artist: Carolyn Moore
Title: "The Hop”
Description: Cyanotype on watercolor paper with contact negative.
Contact: www.carolynmooreart.com
Artist: Gael E Phillips
Title: "A”
Description: This is a calligraphic, cyanotyped image using a large calligraphy brush to paint the cyanotype fluid directly on to a sheet of A4 watercolour paper. Classical A+B chemistry. Exposed to sunlight for 15 minutes and then washed. The image is 202mm high, 8 inches.
Artists Statement:The letter A, being the first letter of the Latin Alphabet, symbolises the development of the alphabet, without which literature and science would not have developed as they are today and without which the enlightenment in Western culture during the 18th century would not have developed. The letter A also reminds me of Anna Atkins and her pioneering work ‘British Algae’ as well as being the initial letter of Australia, where I live, and of America, where I am sending this image to celebrate World Cyanotype Day 2022.