Cyanotype: irregular print weave

Entanglement: Transformation 0356-4-8, copyright 2023/2024 Douglas Stockdale – My practice of utilizing a print weave of my cyanotypes continues to be a a creative journey. When I began the weave methodology earlier this year, my practice was pretty straight forward as to the weaving process that resulted in a uniform mosaic pattern. Since I was just starting... Continue Reading →

Classic cyanotype chemicals – expiring at 8 months

Untitled (Entanglement series, No. 8847-1) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – After realizing that my classic cyanotype pre-made chemicals have an expiration, I have spent the majority of January reprinting many of earlier cyanotype prints for my Entanglement series with 'fresh' solutions. Last week, while using another pair of classic cyanotype chemicals (solutions A&B) that I purchased last... Continue Reading →

Ashes: A Dystopian Landscape

Untitled (Marshall Fire: Aftermath Ashes #6560) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – This is my third post (here and here) related to the Marshall fire that occurred two years ago in Boulder Colorado. Maybe this is not the most uplifting subject to end the year with, while perhaps the most realistic regarding the times we live in. This was... Continue Reading →

Marshall Fire: December 30th, 2021

Untitled (Marshall Fire: Aftermath Ashes #6238) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – It was exactly two years ago to the day that the communities in Boulder County, Colorado, experienced an end of the year event in 2021 that is becoming eerily too common; severe drought coupled with hurricane-force winds and one spark too many.  What was the environmental lead-up... Continue Reading →

Marshall Fire: December 31st, 2021

Untitled (Marshall Fire Aftermath #094853) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – Two years ago communities in Boulder County, Colorado, experienced an end of the year event in 2021 that is becoming eerily too common; severe drought coupled with hurricane-force winds and one spark too many. Lasting two days over 1,100+ homes and business were totally destroyed. The... Continue Reading →

Entanglement barbed wire – Not a knot

Untitled (Entanglement series, #6908-2) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – When I recently learned to use an embroidery back-stitch on my cyanotype prints for one of Last Iceberg series prints, I realized that using the back-stitch on one of my recent Entanglement series cyanotypes (above) could be ideal solution to a problem I had encountered. I had found... Continue Reading →

Entanglement – Civic engagement

Untitled (Entanglement series #8182-11 Zoning) copyright 2019/2023  Douglas Stockdale – My Entanglement project that gained a Critical Mass 2023 Finalist recognition continues to evolve and morph. It has changed to the point that there is still a slight visual resemblance, but now with a stronger emotional and visual edge. Concurrently, I am continuing to learn more about... Continue Reading →

Barbed Wire – The Devils Rope

The Devil's Rope (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale – While continuing to assess my Critical Mass 2023 Finalist project, Entanglement, earlier in the week I had hand-colored a couple of my cyanotypes with Prismacolor art pencils to evaluate an alternative way to provide focus on the Structural Housing Inequities in America for this project. I... Continue Reading →

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