Island Screams poem by Cara Thompson - Turmeric Anthotype backgound

I recently had the honour to create an Anthotype on an amazing poem by Cara Thompson who is the Nottingham Nature Poet Laureate. The poem is called 'Island Dreams' and it was amazing to hear Cara perform it and other works on March 3rd at the Laureate Library Tour 2026. I coated the paper with dried turmeric in a 1:4 ratio with alcohol. Found feathers and leaves retained full colour after a few days of sunlight faded the background. The image did not develop well in borax solution, so I show the more gently gold coloured version.

Photographer:
roaringtree
Uploaded:
2026-04-16
Tags:
anthotype
Film:
turmeric Anthotype
City:
Nottingham UK
Country/region:
United Kingdom
Decade:
2020s
Year:
2026
Albums:
Alternative Processes - Cyanolumen, Lumens from Acetate Negatives, Wet Cyanotype and mixed photograms

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4 Comments

  1. rkm-tsl
    rkm-tsl ·

    Wow that is a really moving piece of art you have created.

  2. eyeseaimages
    eyeseaimages ·

    The image compliments the poetry beautifully – Well done!

  3. roaringtree
    roaringtree ·

    @rkm-tsl Thank you so much, it was an honour to do the backgound to such powerful words!

  4. roaringtree
    roaringtree ·

    @eyeseaimages Thank you very much, I do love the words of power and the turmeric colour seems to fit too!

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