I’m running a cyanotype session at GS Artists this coming Friday as part of their 9-to-90 Creative Community. I love working there, the atmosphere is terrific. If you want to come along, it’s free but you’ll need to reserve a place on Eventbrite because spaces are limited – here’s the link. There are lots of different ways to create an image in cyanotype, I’ve shown a few on the crib sheet (above).
“Cyan is the colour blue and also the first four letters of cyanide and it’s this poison combined with ferric compounds that form the chemical basis for one of the earliest forms of photography, invented by the Astronomer Royal Sir John Herschel in 1842 to take images of the moon. Other more stable forms of photography were invented soon after and cyanotype became unfashionable except as the ‘blueprints’ used by engineers and architects. It’s been having a revival recently and is often called ‘Sunprints’.
You can use lots of things to make a cyanotype image. There are Photograms where you put something directly onto the paper and expose it to light, this is great with leaves and flat objects – paperclips, sequins, feathers, cutlery, lace and we encourage you to bring small things that you might like to include in your design.
There are Photographic cyanotypes as well, using old photographic negatives on film. Or you can print out a negative onto a sheet of acetate in your printer. And if you like drawing and painting, you can do that onto a sheet of acetate or clear acrylic and make a cyanotype from these too.“
See Eventbrite to book and find out more about the session.
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I liked the layout of your cyanotypes with text. I’m imagining a similar approach with other printing methods.
Yes, I’m developing some linocuts with text and images at the moment 🙂