slight change of plan

You know how every week I share a new hyper-seasonal recipe with you guys? Yeah, well, I’m gonna be honest – this week it just didn’t happen.

And not for lack of trying! But I take recipe development seriously, and I’ll never share a recipe until it’s absolutely delicious and foolproof. All I can say is… be on the lookout for a delish pumpkin chili situation coming soon, but she’s definitely not ready for prime time yet. (Who knew a chili recipe would give me so much trouble?)

But you know, it’s all good, because there’s something else I’m excited to share with y’all this week.

If you follow me on instagram, you may have noticed that I’ve been up to something a bit outside my regular cooking / farming routine lately. Over the summer, I starting feeling an intense creative itch, but I wasn’t sure where to put all that energy. Then one night back in July, I stumbled across a cyanotype artist while scrolling down an internet wormhole, and I was immediately overwhelmed by this feeling that cyanotype was a medium I needed to explore.

Okay, but first things first, what the heck is cyanotype?

Cyanotype (also known as sun printing) is a centuries-old photographic process that uses sunlight (or UV lights) and iron-based chemicals to create “blue prints” of objects or images on paper or fabric. When sunlight hits paper/fabric that has been painted with a special UV-sensitive solution, everything exposed to UV light turns a deep Prussian blue, and anywhere on the paper that was blocked from the light (ex – by a botanical object or a digital negative) turns white.

Basically, it’s a magical alchemy of sunlight, water, and paper.

It didn’t take long for me to get hooked. (Some may say obsessed?) Cyanotype combines so many of my passions – plants, photography, the rhythms of nature – and I love how every cyanotype print is completely one of a kind.

This all started with making cyanotypes for fun (and talking about it ad nauseam to everyone I know), and the reception it’s gotten has been kind of wild. I’ve only become more addicted to the world of cyanotype, and it’s inspired me to start sharing these prints with the world.

It’s feels kinda crazy to even type this, but I’m excited to share that my original cyanotype prints