Moseley Reservation Tree – Positive Cyanotype Print (A4)

This positive cyanotype print features a small tree found on a central reservation at the far end of Moseley Road, Birmingham. In this version, the indigo print sits on a pale ground, offering a softer, more contemplative take on the original drawing.

Compared to the trees around it, this one seems to have hesitated. Just beginning. But perhaps that’s not such a bad thing. It stands in a place that’s been stripped of its past—once full of Victorian houses, now overwritten by concrete, dual carriageways, and a modernist dream long turned dystopian. This tree is a quiet act of defiance—tipping its toe in, refusing to be hurried.

Drawn from life and printed using a traditional light-sensitive cyanotype process, this piece holds a sense of hope in a place where little else remains rooted.

Details:

• Original cyanotype print made from an ink drawing
• Printed on A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) acid-free 200gsm paper
• Unframed
• Hand-coated and exposed using traditional cyanotype methods
• Each print is unique and may vary slightly in tone and texture
• Signed on the reverse