Cyanotypes

(2024)

This work emerged from the challenge of maintaining an art practice with limited resources. Transforming my bathroom into an improvised studio, I created a DIY UV light setup to expose my images. Confronted by material constraints, I’ve embraced everyday objects, glass, and paper scraps to form compositions that reflect deeper personal and conceptual explorations. These limitations have inspired me to embrace imperfections both in my process and in life itself. Through the exploration of my immediate surroundings, I draw on symbolic imagery and abstraction to turn the immaterial into the material, seeking to evoke a transformation that resonates with both the seen and unseen.

Light and darkness are in constant interplay, each shaping the other. This relationship, both in the visual structure of the cyanotypes and in the ideas they reflect, underscores the dynamic between opposing forces. The process of creating cyanotypes becomes a physical exploration of this duality, where light and dark merge to form a cohesive image. The inherent imperfections of the process—where shadows blur into highlights and boundaries dissolve—echo the fragile balance that defines both the medium and the nature of existence.