The first thing you do is paint the Cyanotype onto the paper.
Now you let them dry for a couple minutes.
Now you take them outside to soak up the sun!
This is what it looks like after it's immersed the suns powerful rays.
Now you are going to place it into a liquid that causes it to change a blue color.
This is what the outcome looks like!
This is a picture of me holding my cyanotype before it was finished!!
SAFETY QUESTIONS
There are a few chemicals used in a Cyanotype. These chemicals include Potassium Ferricyanide which is health - 2, fire - 0, reacitivity - 0 and Ferric ammonium citrate which is health - 3, fire - 1, reactivity - 1. If you touch or come into contact with these chemicals rinse the affected area for 10-15 minuets. If you breath in the chemicals then move to fresh air AND contact a doctor if you stop breathing. An English scientist and astronomer who is known as Sir John Herschel discovered the Cyanotype process in 1842. He thought of it simply as a blue print. Then Anna Atkins brought it into photography.
There are a few chemicals used in a Cyanotype. These chemicals include Potassium Ferricyanide which is health - 2, fire - 0, reacitivity - 0 and Ferric ammonium citrate which is health - 3, fire - 1, reactivity - 1. If you touch or come into contact with these chemicals rinse the affected area for 10-15 minuets. If you breath in the chemicals then move to fresh air AND contact a doctor if you stop breathing. An English scientist and astronomer who is known as Sir John Herschel discovered the Cyanotype process in 1842. He thought of it simply as a blue print. Then Anna Atkins brought it into photography.