If a red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) is nearby, you usually know about it. These feathers, in blue and white from my original cyanotype, come from my field work as an ecologist in northern Queensland, and I'm lucky to have them.
The sun recorded every barb and band in fine detail.
It's black cockatoo wall art for people who stop to pick up a feather (you know who you are), and a much quieter way to keep these big, noisy birds close. For bird lovers, birdwatchers and bird nerds of any age.
Details
- Sizes: A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) or A3 (29.7 x 42 cm)
- Paper: 350 gsm, 100% post-consumer recycled. You'll see small flecks in the paper.
- Printed in Australia with vegetable-based inks
- Made from my original cyanotype, which I make by hand with real plants and sunlight. Lucent Imaging, a fine art imaging studio in Canberra, digitised and colour-matched the original. This is a print of that original.
- Unframed and ready to frame
- Packed in a protective sleeve and board, inside a rigid mailer that can't bend, with the corners protected
- Care: frame behind glass to keep it clean
- Dispatch: usually within 2 business days, but it can vary. See my shop policies.
What is a cyanotype?
Cyanotype is a photographic process that's over 180 years old. I paint paper with a light-sensitive solution, lay real plants on top and let the sun do the rest. The plants leave white silhouettes on deep blue.
