cyanotypes

Print Making with Cyanotype | The Everyday Artist

We used light sensitive paper to create our cyanotypes, firstly we collected interesting objects that we could find around hamptonne. We had to work really quickly with the cyanotpye paper as is develops fast in the sun. we placed our objects onto the paper however we desired and let it develop in the sun until the paper turned into a baby blue. The objects on the paper blocked the sun from developing in those areas which leaves an imprint of the objects on the paper. once our paper had been developed we had to place the paper in water for around 2 minutes so that it stopped developing and let it dry in the sun. This process creates a beautiful pattern on paper however it is not very reliable as some factors can effect the composition of the images, such as, the wind can blow the objects off the paper or the shadow from the object could look distorted.

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