Cyanotype, Shells, Sand on BFK Rives
120 x 76 cm
Unique edition, created in situ, exposed by the sun, washed out in the sea. Carrickshore, Dumfrieshire
Cyanotype, shells, sand on BFK Rives
120 x 76 cm
Unique edition, created in situ, exposed by the sun, washed out in the sea. Carrickshore, Dumfrieshire
unique edition, wet cyanotype, sunlight/ wet sand /washed out in the sea.
This work is a series of experiments, of creating maps and journeys, both real and imagined, literal and emotional, with wet cyanotype. The physical process of creating an image by exposure through sun light and ‘fixing’ in water, by being washed out in the sea becomes particularly resonant in relation to contemporary experiences of forced migration. Initially drawn to creating cyanotypes of found newspaper images relating to the migration crisis in Europe in 2014-15, I began to actively create this body of work, significant and symbolic maps of journeys and maps, enjoying the speed at which I had to work while the exposure was happening in real time. The process is captured digitally on a mobile phone, adding another layer of conversation between the analogue and the digital.
BFK Rives 300 gsm paper, 76 cm x 120 cm
The maps are then washed out in the sea.
Carrick, Dumfries and Galloway, 2018
Creating the image with wet sand, Tersenas, Akrotiri Peninsula, Crete. Making these works was punctuated by regular fly overs of US fighter jets situated at the Souda Airbase nearby, returning from sorties, giving an urgency and a charge to the map making.
Cyanotype, BFK Rives 300gsm 76 x 120 cm
Tersenas, Akrotiri, Crete