Cathy's Art Diary

Clever exhibition at Flowers Gallery Kingsland Road of cyanotype photographs by Janelle Lynch. Cyanotype is a photographic technique invented by Sir John Herschel, the astronomer, in 1842 and used by botanic images by Anna Atkins soon after. It uses paper coated with a light-sensitive solution to make a print of a real object without a camera or negative. The blue pictures were produced during a period of solitude along the Atlantic Ocean and feature sea plants, a birds wing and her own body. The works had an ethereal quality and were calming contrast to Jiro Osunga’a images downstairs. Closed 1 July 2023