MARY'S MODERN PROMETHEUS (RAINBOW SKIES) - Framed
MARY'S MODERN PROMETHEUS (RAINBOW SKIES) - Framed
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Original Zinc Leaf Cyanotype. Cyanotype, handmade paper, chemically painted, heat treated zinc leaf.
Handmade recycled cotton rag paper:
320gsm / 100% Cotton Rag / Recycled / Acid Free / Medium Rough
Inspiration
This artwork was inspired by English novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. A skilled editor and critic, influential travel writer, literary historian, poet and political radical, she is best known for her gothic horror classic Frankenstein. Considered an early example of science fiction, this wildly inventive and strikingly original tale was influenced by Mary's passion for science, experimentation and thirst for knowledge.
Technique
Mary's Modern Prometheus (Rainbow Skies) was created by constructing a hand-cut collage using female photographic portraiture, photograms made from homegrown petri dish cultures, cell structures from antique microscopic slides, and an illustration of a foxes skull. After coating the handmade paper with light-sensitive chemistry, it is left to dry in a dark room. The large-scale negative is contact printed onto the paper by exposure to daylight (UV rays). The print is then processed by thoroughly washing in water to remove any unexposed solution. It can then be hung to dry, developing to full density Prussian blue after 24 hours. Once the image is fixed it is hand finished with chemically painted and sprayed, heat treated zinc leaf.
Signed by the Artist.
'Own Art' Option Available - Contact the gallery for further information.
Dimensions:
 was created by constructing a hand-cut collage using female photographic portraiture, photograms made from homegrown petri dish cultures, cell structures from antique microscopic slides, and an illustration of a foxes skull. After coating the handmade paper with light-sensitive chemistry, it is left to dry in a dark room. The large-scale negative is contact printed onto the paper by exposure to daylight (UV rays). The print is then processed by thoroughly washing in water to remove any unexposed solution. It can then be hung to dry, developing to full density Prussian blue after 24 hours. Once the image is fixed it is hand finished with chemically painted and sprayed, heat treated zinc leaf.Signed by the Artist.'Own Art' Option Available - Contact the gallery for further information.){kind=link}