I had just a small amount of leftovers , so i randomly cut a small piece of raw cloth i found and poured the left juice on it.I let it dry for some minutes. Then i put a leave on it and decided to position it on the balcony marble, considering it as the best place to get a lot of sun.I sticked the leave to the cloth and the cloth to the marble with a transparent tape .
all images (c) Eni Turkeshi Photography
I could see the juice color start to bleach since the first day , but decided to give it a longer time.And after 2 days of exposure , i got the image you can see in the last picture:)
Needless to say i`m loving anthotypes, which makes me now whine so much on the very hot weather of Albania:)
I was inspired from my anthotype
experiments to invent this one:) I was amazed of the great colorful
juices profited from the plants, fruits and veggies.So i decided to use
them for handcoloring of some of my altprocess prints. I was inspired by the result and will try more in the future. Meanwhile i`ll let you with the passionate world of colors :) to see more of this set check it from my behance
Anthotype is an old alternative printing technique from the 19th century.This process was originally invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842. An emulsion is made from crushed flower petals or any other light-sensitive plant, fruit or vegetable. A coated sheet of paper is then dried, exposed to direct full sun-light until the image is bleached out.read more about them here
I decided to make a photogram of 2 leaves , since i didn`t have a positive image and also lacked a contact print frame.
Normally you need a contact printing frame for this but i didn`t have it so i tried sticking the paper with emulsion and leaves to a transparent tape ;)
Of course it`s not the best solution to use transparent tape cause you might tear a lot of the texture apart.But it`s always good to try:)
I used an emulsion profited from geranium petals and some arugula leaves .
Normally i`d never heard of arugula leaves to have been used for such purpose , but i lacked spinach , so i tried these:) It`s always good to try and find out:)
I exposed it only for 9 hours [thanks to the crazy hot Tirana sun:)] , which is really very fast compared to other people having had to wait for weeks and months to get an anthotype:)
i`m looking forward to try more and this time on film:) stay tunned:)
I adored working with glass :) This was done in December 2010, with the help of my glass teacher James Adam Mowen, a very helpful and inspiring teacher and glass artist..
I will be sharing more of my glass experiences later on;)
This is my first and alas last blown glass experience so far.If you have the chance try it!
it`s great;)
inspired by this program (http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/) today i created some images :) after effects and picture mixing ,done by me on photoshop.
Albanian digital and analogue photographer with a huge love for alternative printing process and all other avantgarde mixed media techniques.
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