Cyanotpye Printing

Before Christmas I had attempted to create some cyanotype prints. For one reason or another they didn't work particularly well so I decided to give it another go. Using a water colour board I applied cyanotype solution in the dark and let it dry. Earlier that day I had printed a high contrast photograph onto acetate, this is the image I hoped to print. 

Once the cyanotype solution was dry I placed my acetate over the it, placed glass over that and position it all in the sunlight. I let the cyanotype expose for 5 minutes and then returned to the dark room to wash it. Once I had washed the solution off I was left with a fairly decent blue print of my image.

This is the finished print. I do think it could have done with slightly longer in the sun to give it more contrast but overall I'm very happy with the outcome. I think it would be a nice idea to create a series of prints as cyanotypes, so thats something I would consider for a project next year.

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