My final project for this class was both chaotic and very rewarding. Time management? Who’s she?, but I was able to figure out the process which I thought was impossible at first.
I had to first take photos of the bed, this took about 2 whole days but then I:
Developed negatives
Scanned negatives
Transferred onto transparent paper
Printed using cyanotype chemicals onto separate paper
Then finally I trimmed and pasted them into the final booklet
The scanning and formatting/printing the negatives took about a full 12 hours because I had a lot to edit or clean up, and then some testers came out either too dark or too faded for my liking. Overall this process was very fun, and I am looking forward to using it for future projects, but for now I am just happy that my hands aren’t too stained from the cyanotype processing.
In terms of putting the book together, that was a whole other monster to tackle, but I think my scrapbook type format really fit for what I like to see in artist books, and I did want my book to feel more intimate than sleek and formal, just because I think the space of a bedroom is where most of us live at some point in the day, and unless shown to others, it usually doesn’t have to be or at the very least ‘look’ formal. I will note that some of my friends made their bed for days…..in the waiting for me to take these photos, but I do feel like I got an authentic glance into where my friends live, or even how I live.
Again, I loved this project, and I am certainly going to move forward with cyanotypes, and maybe even make a more cohesive book or series for the senior exhibition!
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