Spinning Aviary
By
Milena Michalski
2021
- Printmaking
- Photography
- Architectural Art
- Heritage & Archives
- Social & Political
- Cyanotype
- Photography
- Alternative Photography
Dimensions
39 x 34.5 x 3 cms
'Spinning Aviary', 2021
Cyanotype toned in mint leaves on Fabriano Academia paper, wood frame with AR70 glass
These aviary prints are part of 'Enmeshed', my series of cyanotypes on Fabriano Accademia paper, created for Michaela Nettell’s book ‘LESS A BUILDING: Interactions with the London Zoo Aviary’, published September 2021.
These cyanotypes originate from photographs, many taken by me on 35mm film during the Covid-19 pandemic enforced isolation period, when the aviary was undergoing transformation, others taken by Michaela Nettell earlier, when the aviary could still be entered. I developed my Ilford HP5 Plus film in a homemade leaf solution, and exposed the cyanotypes in sunlight. Some prints in this series were also toned in leaves or wine tannin. The interaction of nature and the man-made is key in both subject and process of this work.
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