otro mundo es posible

After photographing the cyanotypes, I experimented with various digital processes to rework the colours.

That's what I'm calling these images, digitally reworked from photographs. I'm thinking of lifting some of the lines as monoprints... or collographs?

As usual, my camera was kept busy during the trip and I have now completed a Photobook 'Otro Mundo es Posible' combining digital images created from shots taken during my trips in May and July, which can be viewed here: http://www.photobox.co.uk/creation/2012501830

Thanks to Joan Smith, (ECA Tutor), Pat Beveridge (ECA colleague), Linda Green (and her inspiring exhibition From Straw to Gold) and Ruth Brown (Stone Creek Silk) for helpful suggestions and advice on working with cyanotypes, I went out to Lanzarote armed with materials to experiment with this process. Focusing on the flora that manages to prosper from the lava flow, I worked with pre-prepared papers and coloured cotton sheets to collect some simple images Coloured Cotton Samples