Mixing it Up

I was reading my morning blogs, when I came across a great post on Crashing Alternative Processes. He posted an interesting article about combining Cyanotype and Van Dyke alternative processes (here). A Cyan-o-dyke if you will.

                                                            Image taken by me. (here)



I thought that this was an interesting cross over between two different alternative processes. Both processes require different chemicals and different time exposure to the sun, but are able to be layered on top of one another.

Cyanotype Process and Van Dyke Process





This mix of two processes is very similar to layering in Photoshop, in which two different images can be combined and blended into one another to complete a whole image.



Traditional layering and digital layering while achieved in an entirly different way, are in essence a similar process.