Art in the Sun! Cyanotype Printing with Jennifer Ablard

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Cyanotypes are images created by an alternative photographic process that does not require a darkroom. Instead, sunlight or sunlamp, pretreated paper, and water to process are all that are needed.

The cyanotype process was first discovered in 1842 and was eventually used in the making of architectural blueprints. It is a flexible and forgiving process that lends itself to lots of creative possibilities. Cyanotypes can be made on fabric, paper, and other porous surfaces.

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Artist Bio: Jennifer Ablard

I’ve been seeing the world through a camera my entire adult life. While I’ve focused on different subjects at different phases of my life, my work always reflects my love of the outdoors, nature, and the abstract found in everyday life. I am also drawn to how the same location changes over time. I intend for my work to evoke questions of ‘where?’, ‘how?’, and ‘what?’.

Lately, I’ve been creating cyanotypes; an alternative photographic process. A light-sensitive chemistry is applied to watercolor paper, a photo negative or object is placed on the paper, and the whole thing is exposed to daylight and then processed using tap water. I’m enthralled by the unpredictability of the process - each print is unique, subject to the variables of length of exposure to sunlight and the technique used to apply the chemistry! The source photographs are drawn from my significant body of work, and I am enjoying seeing old work in a new light.

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