The tranquility of a Sunday morning is bliss. The coffee is on, the sun is shining and I woke up to the sound of the birds singing, divine! I think this may be the perfect cyanotype to share with you on a morning like this. Enjoy!
This is the process of how I made this cyanotype print. The initial stage was coating the paper in a light sensitive solution, I do this at night time to avoid the paper being exposed to the sun's UV light. The paper is then left to dry, and then prepared for exposure by placing objects and text over the paper and setting these under glass.
Stages 1- 4 show the colour change in the paper as it is exposed to sunlight. The chemicals on the paper react to the UV light.
Stages 1- 4 show the colour change in the paper from exposure to the paper being placed into a water bath to stop the light sensitive process.
In stage 1 the paper is still sensitive to light, so it has to go into the water quickly to process the print and stop the areas I want to keep light from being exposed to UV. The different wash stages then help clear the green/yellow tint, leaving areas white. The print will darken over 24 hours to a deep blue.
