Cyanotype of Oak leaves #4

Unique handmade prints transferring nature and light onto paper. Each one is unique and made by the artist. This series is celebrating Ireland’s native trees.Oak – Dair. The oak provides strong and excellent timber and a plentiful crop of acrons which provides food fro many animals. This, together with its stately bearing and long life, make it a symbol of strength, fertility, kingship and endurance. In early Irish law oak was classified as one of the seven Airig fedo or Nobles of the Wood. Oak timber was used for construction of buildings and ships to barrels and furniture. Cyanotype printing is one of the oldest photographic printing processes in the history of photography. The distinctive feature of the print is its shade of cyan blue, which gives us the word blueprint. The process involves brushing on cyanotype sensitiser onto watercolour paper, arranging the leaves and exposing to ultraviolet light,  then washing in water to fix the image. Magic! Print size 8″x6″ Signed on the mount and ready for framing.