Book features include:
- A brief discussion of the practice of the process with some key historical points
- How to set up the cyanotype "dimroom"
- The most extensive discussion of suitable papers to date, with data from 100+ papers
- Step-by-step digital negative methods for monochrome and duotone negatives
- Chapters on classic, new, and other cyanotype formulas
- Toning to create colors from yellow to brown to violet
- Printing cyanotype over palladium, for those who want to temper cyanotype’s blue nature
- Printing cyanotype on alternate surfaces such as fabric, glass, and wood
- More creative practice ideas for cyanotype such as handcoloring and gold leafing
- Troubleshooting cyanotype, photographically illustrated
- Finishing, framing, and storing cyanotype
- Contemporary artists’ advice, techniques, and works
Cyanotype is backed with research from 120 books, journals, and magazine articles from 1843 to the present day. It is richly illustrated with 400 photographs from close to 80 artists from 14 countries. It is a guide for the practitioner, from novice to expert, providing inspiration and proof of cyanotype’s original and increasing place in historical and contemporary photography.
Book features include:
- A brief discussion of the practice of the process with some key historical points
- How to set up the cyanotype "dimroom"
- The most extensive discussion of suitable papers to date, with data from 100+ papers
- Step-by-step digital negative methods for monochrome and duotone negatives
- Chapters on classic, new, and other cyanotype formulas
- Toning to create colors from yellow to brown to violet
- Printing cyanotype over palladium, for those who want to temper cyanotype’s blue nature
- Printing cyanotype on alternate surfaces such as fabric, glass, and wood
- More creative practice ideas for cyanotype such as handcoloring and gold leafing
- Troubleshooting cyanotype, photographically illustrated
- Finishing, framing, and storing cyanotype
- Contemporary artists’ advice, techniques, and works
Cyanotype is backed with research from 120 books, journals, and magazine articles from 1843 to the present day. It is richly illustrated with 400 photographs from close to 80 artists from 14 countries. It is a guide for the practitioner, from novice to expert, providing inspiration and proof of cyanotype’s original and increasing place in historical and contemporary photography.
Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice
320Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice
320Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781138338845 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 03/25/2019 |
Series: | Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography |
Pages: | 320 |
Product dimensions: | 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |