Dead Soldier Dreaming II Photograph

This is a cyanotype printed on 300g cold pressed paper, toned with coffee and painted with red watercolour. A cyanotype is an alternative photographic printing process, like blue prints from architectural plans. I assemble them in a dark room, laying enlarged negatives and botanicals onto a surface painted with light sensitive emulsion and then I go outside and make a contact print in the sunshine. The paper is then washed and turns Prussian blue. I toned the print with coffee because I thought it would go better with the red ink I painted on the poppies. I was inspired by the wild spring flowers, after a long cold winter and wanted to reflect their beauty. The red poppies however, when taken from the meadows and placed in art, tend to already bring their own story from the battles of WW1. Going with this theme, I therefore titled the work accordingly. I can make a similar print again, though the flowers and splash marks will always vary, thus I see this image as part of a series rather than an edition.

Photography:Ink on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.7 W x 11.8 H x 0 D in

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