Platinum Printing
Platinum Printing
In addition to the Cader Idris portfolio, a new series of prints is being made, featuring plants from Pete's garden. The various seed heads evolve over a period of time after being picked and unfold to reveal an infinite variety of leaf patterns. Individual plants undergo several metamorphoses and can yield a number of photographic opportunities as they slowly change from fresh and live to dead and dried specimens.These changes can be seen to represent the continuing evolving patterns of the wider landscape and seasons in miniature.The seed and flower heads are photographed on 10" x 8" film and contact printed on to Arches Platine, 100% cotton rag paper, hand coated with platinum and palladium metals. See videos of Pete printing here: https://peteslandscape.blogspot.com/2021/02/platinum-printing_3.html
