Cyanotype sun printing on fabric

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Spooky skeleton Cyanotype/ sun print on cotton fabric.

Spooky skeleton Cyanotype/ sun print on cotton fabric. Cyanotype. Cyanotype process. Cyanotype clothing. Cyanotype art. Cyanotype shirt. Cyanotype idea. Cyanotype photography. Cyanotype fabric. Cyanotype aesthetic. Easy fun art idea to do in summer and the sun. #summer #summerfun #spooky #autumn #skeleton #halloween #cyanotypes #cyan #sunprints #print #prints #printmaking

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some flowers and leaves are laying on a table cloth with the words cyanotype printing

Emelie Weber Wade | weaver & fiber artist 🌙🌿 on Instagram: "I love making cyanotype prints in the summer! Cyanotype is a photographic printing technique invented in 1842 using iron salts and the power of the sun and to create blue and white images. You can print images on most surfaces using this technique, but as a weaver, of course I’m going to print handwoven fabric! 🥰 After weaving these wall hangings, I washed the fabric to remove any potential oils and funk from the fiber. I dried…

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a blue piece of paper with white writing on it

We were blown away when we saw the digitized album Anna Atkins' cyanotypes (also known as 'sun prints', made by placing on object on chemical-treated paper in the sun) that she made in the 1800s. Atkins, the first woman to make photographs, used the cyanotype process to document algaes and made some poetic, often pleasingly abstract images. It got us looking into this ancient photographic process. We realized that we could not only easily make our own sun prints, but that there were some…

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a sink filled with water pouring from a faucet

A cyanotype is a photographic process that produces a cyan blue print. The print can easily be made on a large variety of materials, so I wanted to see what would happen when experimenting with fabric. It worked! The process wasn’t that much different than if you were to use paper, so if you’ve ever tried that method, you’re a step ahead of the game. The best way to come by the chemicals needed for the process is to purchase a kit from Photographers’ Formulary.

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