I am playing with cyan ink and some paper stencils of bottles to create some cyanotype like monotype prints.
It is so addictive. I pull a stack of prints and then think of something else to try.
It is a back and forth of inking the plate and allowing the ink to build up and how to transfer it to the paper. I am using the speedball water based inks, so they stay alive and can be re-awakened with water and transferred with mere hand pressure.
Recently, I was inspired by the japanese ceramic technique, kintsugi. It is a lovely process that takes about a month to repair a bowl with a gold seam. So I “repaired” some paper cracks in my printed bottles with a bit of gold paint.
If you want to make your own gelatin plate and play with printing your own cyanotype like prints, then get the FREE gelatin and glycerin plate recipe here.