Mythology is an art form that reflects what is timeless in human existence. Every myth is transformational ritual and has many readings.
This story dates back to the Neolithic Age (8000-4000 BCE), the beginning of agriculture. It is a story of rite of passage and a metaphor for the cycles of the year.
An otherworldly place is suggested by the use of blue cyanotype, creating a dreamlike in-between space, not observed reality.
Blue is a phenomenon of the atmosphere. It draws you in. It suggests infinity.
Cyanotype, a deceptively simple contact print process, the first photographic process, is essentially drawing with light. I use a variety of papers, vintage glass photographic plates, freshly picked leaves, flowers and stems, textiles and collage to construct images, layering to achieve tonal variation. Paper choice is vitally important. Managing large, wet sheets of coated, sensitised paper requires careful handling.
Blue, spontaneous and fragile,
so widespread that I may draw deep from the well of illusions
and accept that I am
beside a lake or a field of
blue flax in flower…
Colette
Maura Lynch is an artist trained in Ceramics, Bronze Sculpture, and Printmaking and over thirty years has taught/lectured in Art & Design, and 3D Design, specialising in Ceramics.
Maura experiments with the chemistry of glazes and inks, the patination of surfaces, the use of Botanical material, using collage and found objects.
She has exhibited widely in Ireland, Britain, as well as Internationally in group and solo shows, and has artworks in private and public collections.
She has been a member of Belfast Print Workshop for 25 years and has been generously supported in making prints in Seacourt Print Workshop.
