r/cyanotypes

made using my grandmother's x-rays and MRIs

Hi everyone! I've just gotten into cyanotyping and it's been a joy so far (photo from a cyanotype party I recently had - we're planning to make this into a tote bag). My imagination is sparked. I'm attending a couple of weddings in a few months and am thinking about cyanotyping a silk tie or ascot for them.

I'm just worried because the internet and my tailor friend suggest that you shouldn't get ties wet, that they'll lose some internal structure. Do you have advice or experience? Success stories, horror stories? I think it would be much easier if I could buy un-dyed ties and just cyanotype them, but if the only way to do it is to buy the silk and then later cut it and sew it into a tie, that's within the realm of possibility. Thanks so much, I've gotten inspiration and joy from the other posts on this sub already!

fall foliage gets hyped up here in vermont, but spring ephemeral season is my favorite. everything is growing quickly with the warm weather and short season. found this seedling near a path that was trampled on by dirtbike kids, who are also eager to get outside.

a little overexposed but it was fun to collect and make a print without much forethought.

In Netherlands, finally we had some sun to work with instead of UV light . This was from today 🥰

First cyanotype experiments using my wife’s clear pole heels as the subject.

Developed in direct sun for only about 4–5 minutes and I was honestly surprised by how much detail came through — especially the transparency and gradients in the acrylic.

Really happy with how sculptural/X-ray-like they turned out.

I’m going to be running my first workshop for this process soon in London which I’m excited about

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Original photos taken by my partner with a Nikon D780 :)

I've been experimenting with different factors in anticipation of a few larger projects I have planned. Mostly paper type, amount of solution, application method, contrast in negatives, exposure timing, and type of material of objects. Some interesting results from these tests were worth keeping!

Check out those swirls in the glass wren paperweight! Or the barely visible double sided tape under Eevee's paws. Or the slight wrinkles in the tulip shirt, looking like wind! Some thrifted lace worked ok with the glass wren, but a more sheer and geometric lace ended up making for a great background with the help of a mask (painted wren).

I did think the skulls would let through more light, but that might be because I was using a pretty weak UV LED flashlight. I'll try an even thinner skull with a stronger light source soon, fingers crossed. Hopefully the stronger light source will also help out my chronic under exposure issues...

Hola a todos! He comprado recientemente una lámpara UV para hacer cianotipias cuando es de noche. También he creado una caja de luz (de cartón). El problema es que los bordes de la cianotipia quedan más claros de lo que deberían y no sé a qué puede deberse. La luz UV tiene una potencia de 100W y 96 leds, el papel que utilizo es A4 y la distancia entre la lámpara y el papel es de unos 19 cm. Cuando las hago con el sol no tengo ese problema

I’d say they didn’t turn out too bad but the third picture is on a shirt and I had not realized you need a longer exposure time so I’m hoping for the next run to get deeper blues and maybe I will follow up with the results