Category: cyanotypes

Cyanotype Experiments – Anti-Shadow

As the Alternative Processes class drew to a close we were asked to think about a final project on the topic of anti-shadow. Using an acetate negative of…

Cyanotype Experiments – Van Dyke Brown Over

Having made a series of leaf cyanotype photograms a thin wash of Van Dyke Brown was painted over the print. A further photogram was made over the first…

Cyanotype Experiments – cyano-lumens.

A lumen print is a contact print made only using sunlight on black and white photographic paper. The image is “burnt” onto the paper and then fixed –…

Cyanotype Experiments – Tea at the Savoy

More tea toning experiments – Normal cyanotype. Short soak in green tea. Short dip in sodium carbonate solution followed by a longer soak in green tea.

Cyanotype Experiments – Printing on glass.

The first couple of weeks of the Stills Alternative Processes class with Brittonie Fletcher covered the cyanotype and the variety of surfaces which the cyanotype chemicals can be…

Cyanotype Experiments – Toning Oberschleissheim

The first couple of weeks of the Stills Alternative Processes class with Brittonie Fletcher covered the cyanotype and how to modify the blue prints. 3 bleaches and 3…

Cyanotype Experiments – Coating

We were encouraged to try different ways of using the cyanotype solution to coat the paper. A fluid brushstroke – A dry brush ‘splodged’ onto the paper –…

Cyanotype Experiments – Perth shopfront and oiled paper negatives.

Experimenting with oiled paper negatives and cyanotypes. The first couple of weeks of the Stills Alternative Processes class with Brittonie Fletcher covered the cyanotype. My previous experiments with…

Cyanotype Experiments – Anadolu Feneri

The village of Anadolu Feneri is on the Asian side of Bosphorus’ Black Sea entrance in Istanbul, Turkey. Exploring the village I found a run down house and…