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Cyanotypes

Safety

Method Overview

Materials

Making One of the Stock Solutions

Making the Other Stock Solution

Making a Cyanotype

Tips for Making a Cyanotype

Cyanotype on Fabric

Toning Cyanotypes

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7.1 Anna Atkins. Four pages from her books (see below). Upper left: Himanthalia lorea, had been owned by Sir John Herschel (!); Upper right: Callithamnion tetragonium; Lower right: Gigartina compressa; Lower left: Dictyota dichotoma, in the young state; and in fruit. Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1843-10 1843;1843-1853 http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-4b41-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99;510d47d9-4ae4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99;510d47d9-4a52-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99;510d47d9-4adb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 ...

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