Cyanotype printing

If you've ever wondered, this is how you make cyanotypes. Easy instructions and a list of supplies you need to create your own cyanotypes.

Tutorial on how to achieve more detail in your final print

When we first moved into our home 42 years ago we found a large pile of discarded bottles in the top corner of the half acre of garden. This place used to be a small farm and was first built at least 200 years ago so some of the bottles, most of which are broken, are very old. For a long time I have wanted to make a record of each bottle and prompted by an idea which I had for an exhibition I finally got around to making cyanotypes of some of the bottles. As you can see from the tomato…

The lush blue of cyanotypes will be familiar to experimental photographers. To step up and challenge our printing game, today we look at a simple yet rewarding technique, wet cyanotype, as well as a color tinting with organic substances.

Loving Cyanotypes on beloved denim! This ebook covers the challenges to print Cyanotype on Jeans Jackets & clothes

In fact, cyanotype prints were often used to print maps and plans, that’s where we get the term blueprint.

Leanne on Instagram: "From Croatia with love 💙 You better believe I'm going to squeeze out as much content as possible from the prints I made whilst away. That way maybe I can still pretend I'm there 😅 There were so many gorgeous wild flowers to choose from, some that I know but many that I didn't. I think that these pretty yellow flowers are Genista Sagittalis or Arrow-joined broom. I don't know what the delicate tiny lilac ones are though and I don't have a better photo to look closer…