LAYERS
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PRACTICE
Red Cabbage Slices
I exposed the photographic paper for 2 seconds each time using a sheet of card to cover the parts of the paper i don't want light to reach.
I concluded that the perfect exposure time would be around 2.5 seconds
TOO DARK
Digital Negative:
Enlarger Adjustment:
TOO DARK
I exposed the photographic paper for 2 seconds each time using a sheet of card to cover the parts of the paper i don't want light to reach.
I concluded that the perfect exposure time would be around 3 seconds
CYANOTYPE
I wanted to experiment with a new photographic process to show the layers and print of my red cabbage. Again, using an ink print of my red cabbage and inverting it, i printed it out on acetate and layered it over my cyanotype paper, covered it with glass and clamped it in place so the print cannot move and obstruct the imprint made on the cyanotype. I then left this in the sun for 2-3 hours and washed it until it was a dark blue to create my final product.
DEVELOPMENT
Using my original red cabbage (not prints) I wanted to extract some of the dye and place my cyanotype into the liquid to see if it would react to the chemicals on the paper. To do this, I boiled my red cabbage for 45 minutes and poured it into a glass tray, I then submerged my print into the dye and removed it after 2 hours. I realised that there was no difference to the cyanotype, so doing some further research I found that adding vinegar makes the dye stronger and adds a more of a red tint (the original colour of the liquid was purple). After adding vinegar and letting the cyanotype sit in the liquid for around 3 hours I noticed that it turned the white boarder of the paper light blue, however other than this there was no change to the cyanotype.
