'Under-the-bed' Cyanotype Sale

'Under-The-Bed' Cyanotype Sale

Exhibition pieces, test pieces, experiments. All are originals, and completey unique. No copies. No editions. Better to be seen and appreciated than stuck in the dark forever. Priced to liberate. Sold images are marked FREED!

Process: 1. Email with your choice and the location of its new home; 2. Pay via Paypal or Bank Transfer (postage charged at cost); 3. Freedom!

Please contact me if you have any questions, would like more images, etc.

Dream Tree (Tall). Actually a hollyhock leaf. 62 x 42 cm mounted size. Deep-mounted. £50 FREED!

Vortex. Collage of four metamorphograms, which were an origami shell. 60 x 60 cm mounted size. Deep mounted. £50

Engram #2. Cyanotype with acrylic. 35 x 31 mounted size. Deep mounted. £40 FREED!

That Day When. Image of seaweed, developed in the sea. 50 x 35 cm mounted size. £40

Shard. Abstract origami metamorphogram. 32 x 35 cm mounted size. Deep mounted. £30

Remember Me. Stone rubbings used as negatives to print this collage. 52 x 45 cm mounted size. Deep mounted. £50

Beam. Abstract origami metamorphogram. 43 x 37 cm mounted size. Deep-mounted. £50

Pinholes In The Curtain Of Night. Was an origami pinhole camera. Double exposed with vintage star maps. 60 x 60 cm mounted size. Deep mounted. £80

Sunny With Occassional Showers. Heliograph made over a full day in York. 53 x 30 mounted size. Deep mounted. £50

Reconstructed Memory #2. Abstract, last part of a series of 5. Other 4 in private collections. 60 x 75 cm mounted size. Deep mounted £100

Pinholes in Riederalp. Series of 5 images of the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Printed from 5 x 4 inch pinhole camera negatives. Each 20 x 15 cm. Presented in an archival box. Edition #3 of 3. £50

Onion Skin. Literally, an image of onion skin. 22 x 27 cm. £50 FREED!

Abstract Blue. Test piece, echoing the 'Reconstructed Memory' series. 40 x 30 cm. £50

Four Blue Peaks #1. Origami metamorphogram on archival tissue paper. A single image, not four put together. 52 x 52 cm. £40

Four Blue Peaks #2. Origami metamorphogram on archival tissue paper. A single image, not four put together. 52 x 52 cm. £40

Mappleton. Vintage map of the Yorkshire coastline, with image of seaweed. Made at the coast. 70 x 70 cm. £50

Tunstall. Vintage map of the Yorkshire coastline, with image of seaweed. Made at the coast. 70 x 55 cm. £50

Withernsea. Vintage map of the Yorkshire coastline, with image of nearby grasses. Made at the coast. 65 x 65 cm. £50

Holmpton. Vintage map of the Yorkshire coastline, with image of found feathers. Made at the coast. 70 x 55 cm. £50

Tessellation. Origami metamorphogram from a very complex fold, on archival tissue paper. 50 x 50 cm. £50

Big Orizuru #1. Metamorphogram which was once an origami crane. On archival tissue paper 41 x 41 cm. £40

Leaf, Less. Metamorphogram, which used to be an origami gingko leaf. On archival tissue paper. 47 x 47 cm. £30 FREED!

Big Orizuru #2. Metamorphogram which was once an origami crane. On archival tissue paper 43 x 43 cm. £40

Dream Trees (Eucalyptus). Complex double exposure of leaves overlaid with images from vintage star maps. 27 x 33 cm. £60

Nautilus. Metamorphogram of an origami shell. On archival 'wrapping' paper. 30 x 30 cm. £40

Dream Tree (Variegated Ivy). A subtle image, on very smooth watercolour paper. 27 x 33 cm. £30

Corona #3. Made and titled pre-pandemic. On Japanese mulberry paper. 50 x 50 cm £80 FREED!

Love In A Mist. Nigella, on Japanese mulberry paper. 38 x 38 cm. £60 FREED!

Autumn Leaves. Exposed for around 10 days to get this golden colour, in a process I developed. 56 x 48 cm. £90

Ivy. Variegated ivy leaves in a flowing form, on watercolour paper. 27 x 35 cm. £60 FREED!

Gold Leaf. Very subtle, very long exposure. 16 x 21 cm. £50 FREED!

Sea Urchin. Metamorphogram which was an origami shell, on Japanese mulberry paper. Did you know an urchin is another name for hedgehog? 35 x 35 cm. £50

Equilaterals. Metamorphogram which was a polyhedron of some kind. On Japanese mulberry paper. 41 x 41 cm. £50

Dead Star. Metamorphogram of a complex origami polyhedral form. Watercolour paper. 57 x 57 cm. £50

Snub Cube. Abstract origami metamorphogram of the snub cube form. 57 x 57 cm. £50

Jackstone. Metamorphogram of the Jackstone, a classic and difficult origami polyhedron. 57 x 57 cm. £50

Sunken Icosahedron. Metamorphagram of a... well, you know, on watercolour paper. 57 x 57 cm. £50

Tree Stars. Double exposure of collaged leaves, overlaid with vintage star maps. 45 x 52 cm. £40

Absence Makes The Heart Lose Weight (Yeah). Very long exposure of a very large leaf. Title inspired by Prefab Sprout. On 300gsm watercolour paper 60 x 45cm. £100

Sloping Off. Test piece on watercolour paper, based on a certain origami fold. 65 x 18 cm. £30

Four Corners. Abstract origami metamorphogram created from a tessellated form. On archival tissue paper 48 x 48 cm. £50

Corona #4. Explosive abstract form on archival tissue paper. A recurring theme still being explored. 62 x 49 cm. £50

16 Sparks. Made as a single image by origami. Not individuals stuck together. On archival tissue paper. 49 x 49 cm. £40 FREED!

Sunk Island. Vintage map of the Humber Estuary area, Sunk Island. Overlaid with another map of Yorkshire in the sunken place. 50 x 65 cm. £50

Sundial Map. Vintage map, cut into a 3D 'sundial' for exposure. Mounted onto backing paper. 60 x 50 cm. £60

Octabola. Experimental piece, folded as an origami octagoanl parabola. Can be refolded into 3D form if desired! Watercolour paper. Diameter 59 cm. £40

Split Spiral. Abstract origami metamorphogram on archival tissue paper. 49 x 49 cm. £30

Sunken Land #1. Small-scale work inspired by M. John Harrison's novel "The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again". One map fragment overprinted with another map fragment. 11 x 8 cm. £30

Sunken Land #2. Small-scale work inspired by M. John Harrison's novel "The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again". One map fragment overprinted with another map fragment. 11 x 11 cm. £30

Blossom. Image of apple blossom, made on the tree. 11 x 15 cm. £50 FREED!

Positive Triangles. Test piece, on archival tissue paper. Used as a negative to create the image 'Negative Triangles'. 24 x 24 cm. £30

Negative Triangles. Test piece, on watercolour paper. The image 'Positive Triangles' was used as a negative from which this image was printed. 24 x 24 cm. £30

HexaSet. Set of 6 abstract origami metamorphograms. Together they made up a 6-piece model. Each 20 x 20 cm. £30

Tato. Possibly my favourite form of all the metamorphograms. On archival tissue paper 44 x 44 cm. £80

Zig Zag. Experimental piece on archival tissue paper, mounted on watercolour paper. Was a model with 16 individual units. These units have been collaged to make the final image. 45 x 45 cm. £30

Stjärnor. A very old sheet of Swedish matchbox labels was used as a negative to print this image. It fades in and out of focus, and shows all the blemishes of the original sheet. 52 x 43 cm. £70

Wave Map. Vintage map of the Humber Estuary, which was folded into an origami model of waves prior to exposure. Beautiful sense of movement. 44 x 44 cm. £80

Circle Sundial. Vintage map, cut into semi-circles which were raised to make a 'sundial' shape for exposure. An experiment. Flattened and mounted. 55 x 48 cm. £50

Process: 1. Email with your choice and the location of its new home; 2. Pay via Paypal or Bank Transfer (postage charged at cost); 3. Freedom!

Please contact me if you have any questions, would like more images, etc.