Cultures
We are currently working with a variety of different cultures. Ferric iron produced by a biomining culture enriched from the Wheal Jane mine tailings (mine waste). Ferric iron produced by a commercial biomining culture containing Sulfobacillus benefaciens, Acidithiobacillus caldus and
John Opera
An Anthotype created by American photographer John Opera. The image was created by flashing light through water and ink to make a large format transparency which was then sandwiched against pigment coated paper and exposed to sunlight. There is a
Ackroyd & Harvey
Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey use the light sensitivity of chlorophyll to imprint photographic images onto grass. There is an interesting essay by Tracey Warr regarding their work here. Testament, 1998 Ackroyd &Harvey
Dove Bradshaw
Some stunning works by the NY artist Dove Bradshaw who uses the unpredictable effects of time, weather, erosion, and indoor and outdoor atmospheric conditions on natural, chemical, and manufactured materials. See more of her work here…. Contingency Pour, 1991 Activated
Ferric Gum process
Early experiments with the Ferric Gum process….. Paper coated with ferric chloride being exposed to the sun under positive transparencies. Paper after exposure, sunlight has caused the exposed areas to lighten. Paper after being coated with pigmented gum arabic and
FeCl3 Mk 1!
Chris has cooked up our first batch of Ferric Chloride using the Wheal Jane acid mine drainage sample. I tested it down at John Howard’s print studio in Penryn last Thursday. It works…..just very slowly! John measured the density with
The kernel….
into the wild, 2012. natural pigment print on paper, 12 x 12 inches This image was the starting point for the Natural Alchemy project. I made it using light sensitive pigment extracted from flower petals, coated onto paper and then exposed
Wheal Jane process facility
Photos from a site visit to Wheal Jane with Chris to pick up AMD samples. Aerial view of the site taken from google maps showing the process facility top left and the tailing pools below. The process facility: the