This photographic technique have been used by Anna Atkins to record plants & flower as she was a botanist in the 1800s. And I thought I could record my plastic sculptures using cyanotype like Kasia Wozniak’s THIS IS PLASTIC series.
They didn’t turn out the way I wanted them to be. Crisp and sharp. Although the light source could’ve been better. The day I did these prints weren’t sunny.
This one in particular (above) I used my nail UV lamp to expose the paper. It is slightly sharper because the recycling logo is showing really clearly on the left. I was exposing the paper in sections because the UV lamp doesn’t cover the whole paper.
I knew the image above was going to turn out blurry because I accidentally moved the object while it was getting exposed. I left this to expose by the window sill and I left it there longer than normal because it was fairly cloudy that day.
This one turned out quite well. Not as crisp but you can see texture coming through the print. It has various opaqueness. This was exposed using my nail UV lamp suspended over the print to get more coverage. Rather than exposing it in sections. I also had a transparent glass on top of the plastic so that I know it won’t move while it is exposed. It’s harder to print my other sculptures as most of them can’t be flattened with the glass. Out of the 3 prints this one, I think turned out really well. Reminds me of water or smoke.
Overall, I really enjoyed the process although I definitely think I could do better. I may do it again but this time do the prints outside on a sunny day. That was the main problem I had when I did these prints.