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In The Playroom is a UK based Parenting Lifestyle Blog with a focus on crafts, free printables and kids activities. Founded in 2011, the blog is ranked #2 in the UK and is co-written by Anna Marikar and Luciana Oliveira, best friends and mums of 5 kids and a dog. When I got onto this idea of using the cyanotype process my initial thought was to use cyanotype to produce the poster. As I continued with this idea I came to the realisation that this probably wouldn’t be possible. Cyanotype is a very easy photographic process and can be used for much more than just reproducing photographs. The first book featuring cyanotype prints was created by Anna Atkins in 1843. Cyanotype allowed Atkins to document ferns and other plant life by creating what is known as photograms. This is a process still used today by many well known modern artists. MY FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH CYANOTYPE By placing objects on paper coated in this substance it is possible to create a silhouette effect on the paper. The liquid reacts with sunlight causing it to turn blue where it was exposed to UV rays. Once the chemicals are washed out this leaves a cyan coloured print with the unexposed areas left in white.

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Place any object or transparency on the sunography cards, expose in bright sunlight, and rinse with water to reveal a rich blue print. Step 3 – Place the acrylic pressing sheet on top to flatten and hold your items to the Sunprint paper But working with cyanotypes was still an important aspect of this modernism project. I’ve very glad I got to learn about this process as part of it. As it turned out my final project of semester 2 was also heavily inspired by cyanotypes and technical drawings. THE INFOGRAPHIC BRIEFCyanotypes need to be rinsed for at least 10 minutes after exposure. This washes out the remaining chemical. This means it is preferable to use a heavier weight of paper. Printer paper just wouldn’t work. Incidentally, I learned that Fabriano Artistico hot press paper works very well with the cyanotype process and makes a very nice print. USING CYANOTYPE AT ART SCHOOL Light sensitive Sunography solar powered photography paper. Place any object or transparency on the sunography paper, expose it in bright sunlight and rinse to reveal a rich blue print. Light and sensitive on both sides, to make two-sided prints! Cyanotype is what’s known as a photographic printing process. It was first invented in 1842 and has been used up until very recently as a low-cost way to reproduce diagrams and drawings. The process works by mixing two chemicals, ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide. This creates a liquid which is sensitive to light. Please note that customers are responsible for the cost of returning the item/s, unless incorrect or faulty.

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As you can see above we made prints with wooden dinosaur shapes, and wooden under the sea shapes, plastic and metal cookie cutters, and other items like bottle tops and tape rolls. The second part of the brief asked me to visualise a set of pre-made data. The brief didn’t specify what the outcome should be. I made a poster but you could do anything. I know one student made a card game based on a data set. Honestly one of the things I love about my course is how you’re not restricted in creating a design for a specific medium. Place objects such a leaves or flowers on the Sunography paper and expose in bright sunlight. Then, rinse in water and a rich blue print will appear. Light sensitive on both sides to make two-sided prints. The 185gsm paper produces finely detailed prints. Despite spending a lot of time developing my cyanotypes I never used any of them in my final publication. Instead, I went in a different direction, looking at photomontage. My film photos had the same aspects which made me love the cyanotype process. They contained lots of texture and you were never quite sure how the photo will come out till it has been developed.Ponga cualquier objeto o dispositivo fotográfico sobre el papel Sunography, expóngalo a la luz del sol y aclárelo con agua para revelar un excelente cianotipo. Hecho en los Estados Unidos con materiales de alta calidad es fotosensible en ambas caras, para obtener copias con imágenes en ambos lados. Sunography viene en tres estilos: