cyanotype book 1st edition - AlternativePhotography.com

1 Blueprint to cyanotypes - Exploring a historical alternative photographic process 2006 3 ContentsAbout the authors 4 Introduction ..6 cyanotype history ..7 The cyanotype ..9 Making a print ..12 The formula 13 Preparing the canvas: cloth, paper and natural fibre fabrics ..14 Three different coating methods 17 Drying ..18 Skip the drying and wet process 18 Preparing your image ..19 Photograms: Using Objects 21 Creating a negative ..23 Troubleshooting - digital negatives 32 Printing - contact frames ..34UV sources ..35 Exposure times around the world.

2 36 Exposing the print ..39 Processing and drying ..41 Troubleshooting - printing 42 Creative uses for cyanotypes ..44 Colored material ..45 Toning cyanotypes ..47 Different toning methods 49 Papers ..53 Toxicity ..54 Safety and storing ..54 Washing fabrics and cloth ..57 References ..59 Weights, measures and conversions 59 Where to get chemicals 60 Further reading 67 Internet resources 68