During lockdown I have been experimenting with new photography techniques. My lastest has been anthotypes – which is using the photosensitivity of plants to make photographs. I used spinch – which I blended and mixed with vodka and tumeric – which I attempted to disolve in vodka.
I then coated paper the paper, left it to dry. Then laid either a digital negtive or fern/leaf. They were left in a sunny spot in my lounge for a couple of days.
coated paper drying 
developing in the sun
I found that spinch worked best and that a sold object – like the ferns or leaves created the clearest image.
On the first day 
after 2 days in the sun 
the final image
The tumeric initally appeared to work well – but the fern image quickly faded.
The begining 
after a couple of days in the sun 
the final image
The digital images worked OK – but not as striking as the fern or leaves.
The tumeric digital neg barely worked, certaintly not well enough to be scanned. My favorite of all the images is this leaf on spinch.
Next time will try to use a darker bolder colour – maybe beetroot.