cyanometer
fan book | h 25mm x w 175mm | printed inkjet on 300gsm Bockingford watercolour paper | after de Saussure; plays with the idea of the cyanometer, but uses the full spectrum of 1-100% cyan and 1-100% of a mix of cyan/black | limited edition of 5 | 2017 | £150 |
New 2023 edition of 25 | £150 | purchase
Created as a centre piece work for the The Book of the Sky exhibition.
My cyanometer is inspired by the instrument made in the 1780s by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (with Alexander von Humboldt) to measure the blueness of the sky.
See Wikipedia to find out more about the original cyanometer.
