IRINA BALDINI
CYANOTYPE AND PRINTMAKING
CYANOTYPE
A bit of History, for the curious ones: The English scientist and astronomer Sir John Herschel discovered the procedure in 1842. Though the process was developed by Herschel, he considered it as mainly a means of reproducing notes and diagrams, as in blueprints. It was Anna Atkins who brought this to photography. She created a limited series of cyanotype books that documented ferns and other plant life from her extensive seaweed collection. Atkins placed specimens directly onto coated paper, allowing the action of light to create a silhouette effect. By using this photogram process, Anna Atkins is regarded as the first female photographer.
IRINA BALDINI
IRINA BALDINI was born in Florence (IT) 1988, and graduated with top marks at Istituto Statale d’Arte before taking up a BA in dance and theatre in 2007 in London. She moved to the Netherlands to work in print, cyanotype and curation at the gallery she initiated, 4bid. She is a teacher at OT301 in one of the ateliers since 2013. On the topic of printmaking among other things she is coordinating GRAPHICA, a Printmaking Festival in Amsterdam, NL, inviting artists and programming a symposium.
PRINTMAKER
