LEARN ABOUT CYANOTYPES!

For my cards, bookmarks, and bags I use a cameraless photography process called Cyanotype. It originated in the 19th-century and was often used to document plants. A cyanotype solution is made by mixing equal parts of Potassium Ferricyanide and Ferric Ammonium Citrate. When the solution is exposed to sunlight and set with water, it turns a deep shade of Prussian blue. I paint the solution onto the fabric (in a room with no sunlight), then I lay botanicals, flowers, mesh bags, jewelry, charms, or anything else I can think of onto paper and expose it in the sun to create my one-of-a-kind pieces.

 

These photographs are from a Cyanotype Workshop I taught, and you can see the process of coating and then exposing the prints!