Created and Sold by Christine So
Deep Blue Sea (22 x 33" handmade abstract cyanotype) - Photography
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Works ship via United Parcel Service. Ground shipping from California to the East Coast or Midwest usually takes 7 calendar days, to Texas 3-5 calendar days, and to the West coast 2-4 in normal weather. Works on paper longer than 24 inches ship rolled in a 6-inch wide heavy duty tube.
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| Dimensions | Weight |
|---|---|
33H x 22W x 0.1D in 83.82H x 55.88W x 0.25D cm | 0.45 kg 1 lb |
UNFRAMED. Ships rolled in a tube.
On 100% cotton watercolor paper. Signed on the back by the artist.
*Different size from the taller narrower “Sea Cliffs 6" and Sea Cliffs 7.”
At 23 x 33 inches, this is one of the largest of my abstract cyanotypes. Though it looks like a watercolor painting with its luminous quality, this abstract on paper is actually a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. What you see is a multiple-exposure lensless photograph.
My technique is a form of experimental photography which may include tiny splashes from where water washed off the photo chemicals before it darkened and turned blue. Each abstract cyanotype is entirely unique. These exact lines, shapes and shades of blue cannot be recreated as the exposure of the paper was heavily manipulated by me during each printing.
A traditional single-exposure cyanotype yields a white silhouette against a dark blue background. But instead of creating a white image by blocking light with solid objects on the light-sensitive paper, I used water to block the light, creating subtle gradations of darkening blue as I submerged the light-sensitive paper for different carefully timed exposures under water.<
Note: any tiny white lines are not scratches or damage to the artwork but actually the gaps between the bristles of the paintbrush used to apply the light sensitive chemicals in darkness. working in darkness it is impossible to see where the brush has already passed until the paper is exposed to light days later and it turns blue.
On 100% cotton watercolor paper. Signed on the back by the artist.
*Different size from the taller narrower “Sea Cliffs 6" and Sea Cliffs 7.”
At 23 x 33 inches, this is one of the largest of my abstract cyanotypes. Though it looks like a watercolor painting with its luminous quality, this abstract on paper is actually a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. What you see is a multiple-exposure lensless photograph.
My technique is a form of experimental photography which may include tiny splashes from where water washed off the photo chemicals before it darkened and turned blue. Each abstract cyanotype is entirely unique. These exact lines, shapes and shades of blue cannot be recreated as the exposure of the paper was heavily manipulated by me during each printing.
A traditional single-exposure cyanotype yields a white silhouette against a dark blue background. But instead of creating a white image by blocking light with solid objects on the light-sensitive paper, I used water to block the light, creating subtle gradations of darkening blue as I submerged the light-sensitive paper for different carefully timed exposures under water.<
Note: any tiny white lines are not scratches or damage to the artwork but actually the gaps between the bristles of the paintbrush used to apply the light sensitive chemicals in darkness. working in darkness it is impossible to see where the brush has already passed until the paper is exposed to light days later and it turns blue.
Item Deep Blue Sea (22 x 33" handmade abstract cyanotype)
Created by Christine So
As seen in Creator's Studio, Oakland, CA
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