All done

 Just a quick update on the 100 bookmarks I mentioned in a recent post.

As I suspected, the weather turned cold and dull and all thoughts of cyanotypes went out of the window.  No sun meant no bookmarks and the plate I made for my other idea of the embossed bookmark  kept sticking to the damp paper and tearing it so everything that could go wrong did go wrong!
Having just bought a portable UV lightbox I could have done the cyanotypes on this but that would have taken a lifetime so I needed another idea quick or I'd have to face the embarrassment of failing to make the deadline and producing the goods. Not an outcome I wanted to consider. I never start anything I don't intend to finish.

With time running out I needed a solution. During a group session last week I made a sample drawing in ink and conte which everyone loved. I may well get it framed later but it has come to my rescue this weekend as I scanned it, heightened the colour in Photoshop and then printed it with five to a sheet on heavyweight inkjet paper. After lots of cutting and numbering etc I sent my 100 bookmarks off today and now I will wait to receive my set at a later date of everyone else's work.

I've no doubt there will be plenty for me to envy when they arrive but I am pleased with what I ultimately settled on. In truth, it is very 'me'. It is typical of my mark making. It is graphic and monochromatic and I am delighted to have produced a 100 of anything before the deadline in June.

Of course, I now have loads of sample cyanotype and embossed bookmarks that I started to make and there's a limit to how many books I have on the go at any one time..... so if anyone out there is desperate for a bookmark please let me know!