Rose #22 - shops Monotype over Cyantype

This is a one of a kind print in my "Rose" series of monoprints. It was made by first solar printing the background with a geometric stencil. It was then printed on a press to overlay a rose onto the background. The printed image measures 9 X 11 inches. It shops is printed using archival oil-based inks. The paper is BFK Reeves. It comes unframed and mounted on foam core.

About the Process. Cyanotype is an alternative photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. The English scientist and astronomer Sir John Herschel discovered the procedure in 1842. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. The process uses two chemicals: ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide, which is coated onto the paper. I then use the photogram process, by placing the stencils or objects directly onto the coated paper, called contact printing, and allowing the action of light or UV to expose around the objects to create a silhouette effect.