Notizbuch Reliefs - Sea Algae Cyanotype Zurich University of the Arts with power to transform the

with power to transform the simplest dish

Brigette Manion

In rainforests shimmering with insect sounds and swamps pulsing with frog calls we learn about evolution's creative powers

as well as the plain desire for stability and sustainability

Menna Agha

Notizbuch Reliefs - Sea Algae Cyanotype Zurich University of the Arts with power to transform theThe cyanotype, a stable photosensitive emulsion based on iron and cyanide salts, was invented by the astronomer and physicist John Herschel (1792 1871), who introduced it to Anna Atkins (1799 1871) in 1842. The following year, she applied this process to dried macroalgae from her collections, which she placed directly on papers treated in this way. Her delicate prints would fill no fewer than three volumes spread over a decade. Atkins would repeat the