Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Bluegrass and Cyanotypes

 

Bluegrass Cyanotype
Bluegrass Cyanotype, 11" x 14" by Ele Willoughby, 2026

I was walking by the local high school with my son and noticed the long grass and became curious about it. I like to use the iNaturalist app to identify species I don't know and so I learned this was smooth meadow grass, also known as Kentucky bluegrass. When I realized that, I knew instantly I had to made a cyanotype, combining the grass and the music. As well as the grass itself, I've imaged an excerpt of the sheet music for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Stomp.

I took the opportunity to make some other botanical cyanotypes with plants from my garden or cut flowers.

Fern cyanotype, 11" x 14" by Ele Willoughby, 2026
Fern cyanotype, 11" x 14" by Ele Willoughby, 2026

Wild Geranium Cyanotype, by Ele Willoughby, 2026
Wild Geranium Cyanotype, by Ele Willoughby, 2026

Virginia creeper cyanotype, 11" x 14" by Ele Willoughby, 2026
Virginia creeper cyanotype, 11" x 14" by Ele Willoughby, 2026


Gerbera Daisies Cyanotype, 8.5" x 11" by Ele Willoughby, 2026
Gerbera Daisies Cyanotype, 8.5" x 11" by Ele Willoughby, 2026



Lilies of the valley cyanotype, 11" x 14" by Ele Willoughby
Lilies of the valley cyanotype, 11" x 14" by Ele Willoughby




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