Sunprinting experiment

I tried sunprinting today, on the balcony. It was something of a disaster really, so here's to keeping the "creative" pursuits real here at the fog. First I tried some micro-casettes. These were a bad idea for starters as they are three-dimensional and so created their own shadow, because the sun is still going around the northern half of the sky and wasn't directly overhead. When I realised they were creating a shadow I rotated them mid-exposure. Bad move. I just blurred the outlines. Also, when they say 'leave to dry flat' they mean that. Don't move them mid-drying either. I think that is why I have this crumpled, curled-up mess of a piece of paper. And you probably don't need to swill the paper around so much in the water to "rinse" either but can just let it sit there.

Anyway, without further ado, here are the ghosts of some micro-casette tapes.

Then I tried a feather and didn't expose it as long. You really do need to let them completely dry before you can see the final result, because it took a long time for them to turn this blue.

But now, after this experiment, I can see better things to come. It's quite fun and really very simple. I just need to work out what is suitable to sunprint next!