In the Printmaking studio today attempting to make more 22x22 inch prints and it is taking a long, long time. I coated a piece of Rives BFK with 30mL of solution and placed it in front of a fan to dry...BIG mistake on my part. The paper dried so fast that the solution didn't have time to sink into the paper - I didn't find this out until after the fact though. Then, after I exposed it, for 38 minutes mind you, and went to wash it, like I always do, basically all of the cyanotype solution washed off leaving hardly an image on the paper. If I continued to rinse it for any longer the image would have disappeared leaving the paper white...
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Rives BFK with 30mL of solution exposed for 38 minutes |
Kinda irritating. I coated another piece and am currently waiting for it to dry (without the fan) so I can expose the image for 40 more minutes.
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