Create Symposium
Being careful not expose the cyanotype to more light, the completed tapestry is quickly rinsed and hung up to dry. The tapestry has now changed from its original white color to a blue color, and the objects used to create an image have now created white shadows on the sheet.
CYANOTYPES
After the artist has created their image, the tapestry is exposed to UV lighting for approximately 20 minutes. Once the tapestry has received plenty of exposure, the objects are removed.
Cyanotypes are photographic art that use fibers, chemicals, and UV light to produce a
cyan-blue print. Artists can create these prints to display arrays of stories and messages, ranging from social protests to a simple love story. The Cyanotype CREATE group will be using their creations to spread their messages across campus in an artistic and eye-catching way.
First, the white tapestry is dipped in a solution of potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate. Once it is left to dry, the artist uses physical objects to block out the pattern or story they intend for their tapestry to display.
Entrusted with the task of creating a three part cyanotype collection, one group decided to focus on the ever prevalent topic of mental health. As many know, mental health as a general subject is complicated. In order to properly tackle this, they concluded that we would present this topic through three heavily simplified stages: The Crash (in which the person’s mental health is failing); The Eye of the Hurricane (in which everything is placid and no longer chaotic, which is a turning point. This is also the stage in which therapy would fall under); and finally, The Recovery (in which the person has fully recovered and now knows how to
maintain their mental health much better than before).
