Wet Cyanotypes

Beyond The Blue

All of the images in this collection were created using locally found feathers and plant material from gardens and hedgerows. These images were created using an alternative to traditional cyanotypes. Paper is prepared in the same way as traditional cyanotypes but by introducing liquid to the pre-treated paper just before exposure to the sun, the colours and textures of the image are changed creating more painterly and sometimes abstract images. Jill uses liquids such as diluted white vinegar, soap suds and salt water to achieve the unusual colours and textures in these prints. More of Jill’s cyanotypes are available to purchase from her Etsy shop 

Original wet cyanotype of a feather with yellow and pink
Small original wet cyanotype of a feather with yellow dye
Buttercup wet cyanotype with gold leaf.
Wild cranesbill leaf. White sleaf silhouette on a dark blue background with the texture of soap bubbles.
Original wet cyanotype print of a cranesbill leaf
Original wet cyanotype print of a wild cranesbill leaf and five small Herb Robert leaves. White silhouettes on a dark blue background. The background texture is tiny soap bubbles.
Cranesbill and Herb Robert Leaves
Original wet cyanotype print of three allium flowers. The flowers are white silhouettes on a textured blue/green background created using soap suds and vinegar.
Original wet cyanotype print of three alliums. SOLD
Original wet cyanotype photogram of three bluebell flowers and leaves. Textured background created using soap suds.
Original wet cyanotype photogram of three bluebell flowers and leaves
Original wet cyanotype photogram of three bluebell flowers and leaves. Textured background created using soap suds and coffee.
Original wet cyanotype print of three bluebell flowers with coffee
Original wet cyanotype photogram of seaweed specimens. Double exposure print bleached and re-coated with cyanotype chemicals for the second exposure. Soap suds and coffee used to create the background colours and textures.
Original wet cyanotype double exposure print of seaweed specimens
Duck Feather Fossil
Wet cyanotype of three chinese wingnut leaf stems