9 Cyanotypes of Tulips hand printed on Rice Paper each set on individual handmade tiles.
Tulips rendered in Prussian blue; a colour absent from the natural tulip. The flowers are printed onto delicate rice paper using the Cyanotype Process, the oldest photographic process invented in Bath in 1842. Cyanotype was widely used for botanical study by pioneers such as Anna Atkins, whose photograms recorded plant specimens through direct contact with sensitised paper. In this work, the Tulip becomes the specimen itself—its delicate structure captured through light rather than a camera.
Each print is mounted on an individual handmade tile, echoing the surface and form of traditional Dutch ceramics that emerged alongside the historic craze of Tulip Mania.
45cm x 45cm framed in a shallow box frame
£450
PLEASE NOTE: This item is currently only for sale through the National Trust's Gift Shop at Dyrham Park
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