I use the 1842 classic cyanotype formula to print my photographs of Lanzarote, trying to offer a new way to look at its life, things, places, details, with a touch of poetry.
“Family” is a work made in cyanotype with photographs and flower decorations. (para el español clica aquí) The portraits of your family (motherline, ancestors, granpas, siblings, etc.) will be printed on canvas with a decoration made with real flowers and plants. Each decoration will be different and the style can be according to your liking. … Continue reading “Family” Limited edition photograph printed with the classic 1842 Cyanotype formula on Arches Platine, a 100% cotton rag with no alkaline reserve, especially made for alternative photography such as platinum, p.palladium, cyanotype, etc. The first print I offer is a wonderful moment at sunset in Famara, Lanzarote. Young boys gliding with gestures that reminded me La … Continue reading “limited edition print” Photographic prints 9×9 cm size, with or without frame in different colours made with recicled cardboard. Original cyanotype prints of my Sea Collection and my Algae collection are now available for sale at Pura Vida diving center, and at Windblue Sports diving center, both in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote. My Algae collection. Sea weeds of Lanzarote, photographed and printed in different formats. The prints of algae, each with its scientific name, are made on Fabriano Accademia 350g paper. Although with a personal different technique and style they are a tribute to Anna Atkins, the botanist and first woman photogrpher who made, using cyanotype, the … Continue reading “Algae collection” Landscapes, using a Hake brush to put the emulsion on the paper, which gives those nice outer strokes. Paper size is 24×18 cm, ready for a standard frame if you like. Landscapes in postcard format. Vintage styled lettering and framing. Landscapes in bookmark format Wooden Key rings and Hanging hooks, the Portable Beaches in glass, boxes of Healing Lanzarote, bottles of Elixir of Lanzarote, cardborard magnets of architectural details from La Villa de Teguise One of the most beautiful ways for printing in Cyanotype, is making a photogram. Instead of using a negative to make a photograph, you lay objects on the sensitized paper to make the print. What you get with a photogram is a unique piece. Each time I lay my plants and flowers I create a … Continue reading “flower vases” I present you my 40×30 cm panoramas of Lanzarote (16×12 inches approx.) printed on Arches Platine, a very special paper made of 100% cotton fibers without alkaline reserve for alternative photographic processes. The tones are beautiful, from blue to turquoise. These are all original photographic contact prints. (para el español clica aquí) Macro Collection, is intended for the interior design of your home. The ocean beauties of my Macro collection are found on the shores of Lanzarote, often battered by the sea and its volcanic rocks. Small pieces, with a dimension from few millimeters up to few centimeters, are collected and taken … Continue reading “Macro collection” Condensed in two minutes the video of the work I make in three days: cutting all the paper, coating with the emulsion, exposing, developing, etc. up to the final print ready to be sold in the artisan markets of Lanzarote or posted worldwide. En solo dos minutos el video del trabajo que hago en tres … Continue reading “Video of my printing process” Medicine-Plants In an apttempt to mantain health we use medicines, from plants or synthetic. On the matter, some miths or fears reign creating different views. Trying to describe the matter I photographed some medicinal Plants of Lanzarote and printed them in #cyanotype on Medicine information leaflets. The cardboard frame is a scrap from another … Continue reading “Medicine-Plants”
Family
limited edition print
sea and cactus collections
Algae collection
Lanzarote, in different shapes
curious objects and art pieces
flower vases
Large panoramas
Macro collection
Video of my printing process
Medicine-Plants
