Leaf Structured / Porcelain Brooch

Round porcelain brooch with cyanotype leaf print.

This brooch was hand-sculpted from porcelain and bisque-fired in a ceramics kiln.

The print was applied using dried leaf and the cyanotype technique. This technique is a handcrafted process that develops an image using a combination of chemical dye and sunlight. The invention of this method is attributed to John Frederick William Hershel, an astronomer and physicist, who introduced cyanotypes in the 1800s. The term "cyanotype" comes from the Greek - kuáneos, "dark blue" + τύπος - túpos, "mark, impression, type". Unlike traditional photography using silver salt, cyanotypes use a slow-reacting formulation containing iron salt, which produces the famous Prussian blue colour when exposed to near-ultraviolet and blue light.

Each item in my shop will be sent to you in individually designed handmade packaging with a description label. It is ready to be gifted to yourself or someone special (no pricing information is included in the packaging).

I do my best to make the photos as accurate as possible. However, depending on the light, the hues may appear slightly different from the original.

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