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Lumen print
Lumen print





lumen print

For some reason this makes me feel relaxed and I quite often prat about on my phone editing programs. They are edited together on my phone using a collage app to create mirror symmetry patterns. The first to prints I did turned out fairly well if not very light in tone. I scan my work at 600dpi so that I can do extreme close up images like these. I had been reading about Lumen prints, not really my thing but I decided to. When you look closely and simplify the composition, you can find some really cool textures and colours. is a contact printing process that can make use of aged and badly fogged silver gelatin photographic papers. The lace works beautifully and no one has to see how raggedy it is in real life 🤣 Detail 1 The image is made from cheap lacy knickers from China. I had experimented with dragging the image with my fingers before the wash, but it’s not interesting. I use the standard fixing/washing times for RC or fiber based paper, depending on which I’m using.

lumen print

The print is placed into a fixer bath, which bleaches the print, then washed.

lumen print

There are some really lovely areas of colour in the top one. Now that the print has been developed by The Sun, its time to bring it inside and remove the subject from the paper. I’m a sucker for prints! But, I also love scanning, so maybe I should just let my hair down. I don’t do these very often due to not keeping the original. The print is only washed in cold water, and is unfixed. A mixed up process: cyanotype, lumen print, digital mashĪ cyanolumen is a a print created by coating black and white photography paper with cyanotype chemistry. These prints are made by placing plant based materials on top of light sensitive black & white darkroom papers and exposing in sunlight for.







Lumen print