Cyanotype is a monochrome photographic process invented in the 19th century.
The photosensitive iron emulsion, when exposed to the sun’s rays and then rinsed with water, turns into a magnificent Prussian blue or cyan blue.
Cyanotype allows me to immortalize the beauty of nature, its humble or exuberant presence.
With the help of the provencal sun, I create an imprint of these furtive moments.
Each piece is unique, handmade with attention and intent, signed and embossed.
Flowers x-ray
Nature’s ballet
Celestial harmony
Whispering wild grass
Happy promises
Mon luberon
Photography : Laurent Decavele
My encounter with the cyanotype photographic process came about through my work as a floral designer, which I've been doing for 20 years in the Luberon. Botanical plates from the 19th century, in that deep cyan blue, caught my eye, and the desire to transcribe and immortalise the fragility, poetry and delicacy of flowers through an imprint of light has never left me since.
Also inspired by the Japanese floral art of Ikebana, I first explored the cyanotype technique with prints imbued with this minimalist vision of the plant world. Then I embarked on a never-ending exploration of new subjects and new materials, letting the elements guide me and reveal themselves in forms that impose themselves, sometimes superimposing each other and giving free rein to the imagination. Using various materials as subjects, with the complicity of the wind to shape them, the fire of the sun to create the imprint and the water to fix it, I let myself be carried away in this dance with the elements.
A cyanotype is created by applying a photosensitive mixture of an iron emulsion onto a surface, which is then left to dry in darkness.
When exposed to sunlight, the mixture reacts, capturing the imprints of plants and other subjects placed on it. The process is completed with rinsing in water and air-drying, revealing a deep Prussian blue tone and a poetic interplay of shadows and light.
