Book description
Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice is a two part book on the blueprint process illustrated with 400 photographs . Part One is a comprehensive how-to on the cyanotype process for both beginner and advanced practitioners, with clear, step-by-step directions and formulas. Part Two highlights contemporary artists who are usin
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Cyanotype–History and Practice
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PART ONE CYANOTYPE STEP-BY-STEP
- Chapter 2 Setting Up the Cyanotype Dimroom
- Chapter 3 Papers for Cyanotype
- Chapter 4 Digital Negatives for Cyanotype
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Chapter 5 Classic Cyanotype
- Classic cyanotype formula
- My favorite classic cyanotype formula
- Bleeding
- Novo’s cyanotype formula
- Brown vs. green FAC
- Valenta’s cyanotype formula
- Ratio of FAC:PF
- Whitaker’s cyanotype formula
- Combining solutions and shelf life
- Classic cyanotype with oxalic acid
- Double coating cyanotype
- Mold in Solution A
- Adding dichromate to the formula
- Tips
- Historical formulas chart
- Chapter 6 New Cyanotype
- Chapter 7 Further Formula Exploration
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Chapter 8 Making the Cyanotype Print
- Brushes to use
- Coating the paper
- Tips
- Drying the paper
- How long does coated paper last?
- Coating washi and tissue-thin papers
- Coating vellum papers
- Exposing cyanotype
- Exposure tips
- Ballpark UVBL exposure times
- Exposure scale
- Processing cyanotype
- Processing with acidified water
- Vinegar development for CC
- Citric acid development for CC
- Citric acid development for NC
- Sulfamic acid development for CC
- Sulfamic acid development for NC
- Hydrochloric acid development for NC
- Hydrogen peroxide use
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Chapter 9 Toning Cyanotype
- Choice of alkalis, called “bleaches”
- Choice of acids, called “toners”
- Quick and easy measurements
- Highlight staining
- Toning tips
- One-bath toners
- Trisodium phosphate toner
- Sodium carbonate toner
- Borax or ammonia toner
- Tea toner
- One-bath tannic-sodium carbonate toner
- Lead acetate toner
- Two-bath toners
- Generic two-bath alkali-acid toner
- Pyrogallic-hydrogen peroxide toner
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Chapter 10 Printing Cyanotype Over Palladium
- Supplies needed
- Paper choice
- Preshrinking paper
- A word about brushes
- Developer choice
- Potassium oxalate developer
- Ammonium citrate developer
- Developer tips
- Clear formulas
- Citric acid clear (acid)
- Di-EDTA clear (acid)
- Di-EDTA/citric acid clear (acid)
- Tetra-EDTA/sodium sulfite clear (alkaline)
- Coating formula
- Making the palladium print
- Exposing
- Processing
- Printing with the palladium negative
- Printing with RGB duotone negatives
- Printing with CMYK duotone negatives
- Troubleshooting palladium
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Chapter 11 Printing Cyanotype on Alternate Surfaces
- Cyanotype on fabric
- Cyanotype formula for fabric
- Fabric formula
- Coating fabric
- Exposing fabric
- Processing fabric
- Toning fabric if desired
- Laundering cyanotype fabric
- Tips
- Sources for cyanotype fabric
- Cyanotype on glass
- Purchasing the glass plate
- Cleaning the glass plate
- Subbing the glass plate
- Coating the glass plate with cyanotype
- Exposing the glass plate
- Processing the glass plate
- Printing cyanotype on OHP
- Printing cyanotype on wood
- Chapter 12 More Creative Ideas for Cyanotype
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Chapter 13 Troubleshooting Cyanotype
- Potential problems
- The FAC solution has turned blue
- The FAC solution is moldy
- FAC and PF WHEN mixed turns blue
- Paper turns blue while drying
- The exposure is extremely slow
- The print is underexposed
- The print is overexposed
- The cyanotype print washes off
- The shadows bleed into the highlights
- The print is too low contrast
- The print is too high contrast
- The print is grainy
- The highlights are fogged blue
- There are lavender stains in the print
- The highlights are yellowed
- The print is mottled
- The print is dull
- The prints are inconsistent
- There are blue spots or streaks
- The print is splotchy or crystallized
- There are round white spots in the print
- The shadows are solarized
- The image is unsharp
- There are blue stains
- The print has faded
- Chapter 14 Finishing, Framing, and Storing Cyanotype
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PART TWO CONTEMPORARY CYANOTYPE ARTISTS
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Chapter 15 Contemporary Cyanotype Artists
- Mariana Bartolomeo
- Jennah Ward Bentley
- Laura Blacklow
- Jonah Calinawan
- Wendy Catling
- Kimberly Chiaris
- Monica Chulewicz
- John Dugdale
- Jesseca Ferguson
- Peter Friedrichsen
- Annette Golaz
- Jacek Gonsalves
- John P. Jackson
- Teresa James
- Shannon Johnstone
- Max Kellenberger
- Sandy King
- Tasha Lewis
- Galina Manikova
- Constanza Isaza Martinez
- Sehera Nawaz
- Zeva Oelbaum
- Emma Powell
- Meghann Riepenhoff
- Judy Sherrod
- Gerardo Stübing
- David Underwood
- Harrison D. Walker
- Sam Wang
- Mike Ware
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Chapter 15 Contemporary Cyanotype Artists
- Bibliography
- Index
Product information
- Title: Cyanotype
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2019
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9780429805974
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