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Artworks
Leah Koransky
Consider the gesture (Nasturtium), 2022Cyanotype on Arches hot press watercolor paper24 3/4 x 18 7/8 in
62.9 x 47.9 cmCopyright the artist'The Nastirtium plant is one of the first signs of spring in my Berkeley yard. Records dating back at least 500 years show its use as both an edible and..."The Nastirtium plant is one of the first signs of spring in my Berkeley yard. Records dating back at least 500 years show its use as both an edible and medicinal plant; I have seen it growing out of fences and sidewalk cracks like a weed. To create the Prussian blue images I use the cyanotype process, a historical technique pioneered by the British botanist Anna Atkins 175 years ago. The process involves coating paper with iron salts and exposing it to UV light."
