Cyan as the Ocean

Cianotype technique, print on Canvas paper  100% cotton, Acid free, Hahnemühle Photorag, 30x40cm -

Art work by Anna                        

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Throughout thousand miles traveled through the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, I was fascinated by the various boats that we crossed. I start playing with the shape of the sail and then the shapes I found in the sea- I decided to print this photographic work on the tones of the sea. For that I use the cyanotype technique. I print the negative of my photographs, I paint some good quality watercolor papers with chemicals reactive to sunlight, and then I project my negatives on that paper under UV light. Sometimes I wash the printed paper with clear water, sometimes with water mixed with coffee or tea to make a special effect- All the work is done inside my sailboat, on the water. I like that the frames are not perfectly delimited, I like to give a movement to the brush, to obtain an image that comes from the sea, that feels like the sea, with its currents, its winds, its constant movement.

with the negative I mark the limit of the space that will be print in the paper - I paint my watercolour paper with chemicals that react to the UV light, using differents brushes depending on the desired effect - After that process, the paper is exposed to the UV light with the negative - Then I rince it and dry it-