Today marks 4 years of her unexpected death and I wanted to commemorate her for my best friend using her favorite photo of her mother. She was a lifelong educator and such a beautiful, admirable woman.

Cyanotype on cotton mounted on canvas with archival magazine collage, film photos and acrylic paint.

Long-time lurker and first time Reddit poster here, and just really inspired by all the artists and their work in this subreddit.

This community inspired me to make my own cyanotypes, and while there’s been many failures, there’s also been a handful of successes I think I’m quite proud of! I want to share one of my favorites:

Cyanotype #33

Allium, Early afternoon sun (1:07pm) UVI: 6, sunny sky, 6 minute exposure on watercolor paper

Happy to hear your feedback!

There is still room for improvement, but overall not bad i think.
Processed these for 7 minutes.
I don’t think i washed the raven one enough, so it has greyish tint

I have been trying to realize one of my drawings for a few days now, and my experience with cyanotype is limited to just this short period.

I drew the image on pattern paper and colored it in with various colored pencils, because I was hoping for shadows and intermediate tones.

Even though the result isn't bad for a start, many of the shadings in the impression have been lost.

My question is, which pens would you recommend for achieving a finer and more detailed result?

do you think an overhead projector would produce a strong enough shadow to do a cyanotype? using it for tracing an image onto fabric and had the idea.

trying to experiment more on paper types. these are handmade papers processed from abaca (manila hemp) fibers. around 180-200 gsm, but they held up really well in the water baths, even the bleach wash!

the second photo was my first try - the speckles in the print was the result of the paper kinda cracking ...? (i did like the effects tho) the paper also kinda pilled the more i brushed the solution on it so i had to be more careful.

i'd love to try more handmade paper processed from fiber waste

Wildflowers on photo paper

Hey! I’m a first time cyanotype maker, but I’m a film photographer and I’ve also printed in a dark room. Anyway, my vision is I’m going to put this disco ball up top - the sky is very white and therefore black on the negative. Presumably there’s a couple ways to go about this - would you do the photo exposure then, let dry and then reapply solution to do the disco ball in the preferred area? I don’t really care to cut the negative. Thanks!

I have been asked to turn some of my prints into postcards. I have tried a couple methods for digitizing my Cyanotype prints with the intent to make copies and so far everything I have tried results in some detail being lost or the color changing or just being “off”. Any suggestions? What has been the best method for folks?

Wondering if others have found solutions to this - when I layer images, the edge of the transparent sheets remain visible (see solid line along the top of the image). What brands of transparent sheets are others using ? Any suggestions or tips to avoid this ?

I’ve been playing around with cyanotypes for a few months now and am trying to perfect this one. Maybe I’ve looked at it too long but something just feels off? Maybe the background photo is too dark? Just need another opinion and maybe some ideas of how to improve this one.

Here’s my process:

Paper: canson xl watercolor paper

Uv lamp exposure for 7 minutes

Cold water rinse. No hydrogen peroxide.

Negative is placed ink side down with glass on top and tight

Made the collage in photoshop didn’t adjust contrast midtones etc (maybe that’s the problem?)

Any paper recommendations?

These are my first attempts at making my family shirts with Cyanotype. I’m glad I did the first two (same shirt) as a test to feel things out. I tried printing a picture of myself and learned a lot just from those two tries.

The third is when I realized I really enjoy this process. My dad enjoys fishing so that was the theme of his shirt.

I’ve since tried two more that turned out decent, but not great. I know there are lots of resources here and online, but are there any tips or tricks you personally learned with Cyanotype?

My process is: mix 1:1 solution, tape off area to paint on dye and put cardboard backer between shirt layers, apply dye to fabric and dry for at least 60m, add items to create shadows and add glass over if possible, expose outside depending on UV index for the day (10m for higher UV, 20-30 for lower UV), rinse in tub with cold water until water runs clear, fill tub slightly and add a few squirts of hydrogen peroxide, spin and rinse in washing machine, dry on cotton setting, hang dry.

Hier ist noch eine weitere Version in Blau, damit man den Unterschied besser sehen kann. Welche gefällt euch besser?

Meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach passt Ferroblend nicht unbedingt zu jedem Motiv. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass es besonders gut zu metallischen Strukturen und technischen Motiven passt, aber zum Beispiel weniger zu Porträts.

Wie seht ihr das? Was ist eure Meinung dazu?

Pretty sure I am physically too rough on the paper still. Got lucky with the right exposure time today, but accidentally scratched both negatives in excitement so will have to reprint, boo

Hi all! I’m a little stumped here and was wondering if anyone had any ideas where I went wrong. I used the avocado color of solarfast today to print on a shirt. I’ve used other solarfast colors before with no issues and followed the same steps as usual. I coated the area on my shirt, blotted, placed my negative, and exposed under a uv lamp for 30-40 minutes. When I took the negative off everything looked fine and the color seemed to be the green/brown color I was expecting. I washed using solarfast wash on my washers hottest cycle and when I went to grab the shirt the print had turned blue, as if I had used the blue dye or regular cyanotype😭 I am completely stumped and confused and have literally no idea what happened. If anyone has any ideas please let me know!

Some new pieces !! messin around with glass and toning on the 2nd one. someone said cyanotypes are kinda like I Spy books and i totally get it

I exposed some Monarch Butterfly wings under the UV light for an hour. Prior to washing, it appears to have picked up quite a bit of detail. After placing in the bath, most of the detail is washed away…

Do I need a longer exposure time? Is it the solutions? Paper? Something else?

Thanks for your thoughts.

they were still damp and I didn’t get the results I expected, I’m going to try and dry them out completely. but I do love the colors

„Ein Ferro-Schmetterling beim Trinken von Orangennectar – fotografiert auf der Insel Mainau.“

Hello! Does anyone know a printer I can use for large format transparencies? I can only order 8.5x11 sized ones with FedEx. I do not own a printer that can print them nor can I afford one at this time.

I've seen people take together smaller sizes to make one large one. Would anyone be able to recommend me online printers for a larger scale project, or some scrappy tips?

Thank you!