Sea Cyanotype, 2019



The blue colour and the line texture of the fabric were created by a photographic process using the light of the Sun: the fabric was treated with cyanotype chemicals while kelp and sea spaghetti blocked the light and created shadows. The initial blue colour faded and changed within days to a faint yellow as far as the sea water reached. By spanning the fabric across the cliff edge, it was exposed to natural forces — the wind and the sea played with the fabric in an ever changing way, slowly exposing different sides of its beauty.





Cotton cyanotype print using sea weed, rope

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The Sea Cyanotype was commissioned by Lay of the Land during Tombolo 19, a site-responsive residency in Ireland. The work was a collaboration between myself and artist Antonia Beard, Brenda Kearney, Melanie King, Millie Egan and Sofia Arredondo.  


Photos @Katrin Hanusch, Lily Smith, Sofia Arredondo

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