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2024 Commission Houston Methodist Medical Oncology Center - Paintings
Featured In Houston Methodist Oncology Partners, Sugar Land, TX
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SOLD. 36 x 36".
Now hanging in Houston Methodist Medical Oncology Center, Sugar Land, Texas.
These are hand-printed monotypes, one-of-kind cyanotypes. Cyanotypes are a kind of 19th century cameraless photographic process dating back to the 1840s. The chemicals used produce a blue and white image rather than a black and white one.
The process can be used to print photographs taken with a camera by using a giant plastic film negative or without negatives using solid objects such as plants to create a print of their shadows. There is no printing press, no ink, no etched copper plate nor carved wood block to be able to reproduce these images. Each is a unique monotype made using real plants.
This unique monoprint is one of the largest size cyanotypes I have made. It is complicated at this scale to first set up the images while in darkness indoors and then move them outdoors without breaking the 48-inch sheet of glass that is placed on top of the plants, or having the plants slide out of position on the way to being exposed to sunlight. The exposed photograms (sun prints) are so large they must be rinsed outdoors with a garden hose.
NOTE: The leaves are a light blue and not white.
Printed on 100% cotton heavy watercolor paper.
Now hanging in Houston Methodist Medical Oncology Center, Sugar Land, Texas.
These are hand-printed monotypes, one-of-kind cyanotypes. Cyanotypes are a kind of 19th century cameraless photographic process dating back to the 1840s. The chemicals used produce a blue and white image rather than a black and white one.
The process can be used to print photographs taken with a camera by using a giant plastic film negative or without negatives using solid objects such as plants to create a print of their shadows. There is no printing press, no ink, no etched copper plate nor carved wood block to be able to reproduce these images. Each is a unique monotype made using real plants.
This unique monoprint is one of the largest size cyanotypes I have made. It is complicated at this scale to first set up the images while in darkness indoors and then move them outdoors without breaking the 48-inch sheet of glass that is placed on top of the plants, or having the plants slide out of position on the way to being exposed to sunlight. The exposed photograms (sun prints) are so large they must be rinsed outdoors with a garden hose.
NOTE: The leaves are a light blue and not white.
Printed on 100% cotton heavy watercolor paper.
Item 2024 Commission Houston Methodist Medical Oncology Center
Created by Christine So