experiments with cyanotype with hands and hair

We are Kyano Studio, an artistic duo based in Paris. We invite you to travel the world through the beauty of cyanotype photography.

Hand-painted tape on cyanotype

Cyanotype printing, also known as sun printing, is a technique which was discovered in 1842 by scientist Sir John Herschel. At the time, it was used primarily to reproduce engineering and architectural drawings. When the botanist Anna Atkins learned of the process, she used it to document plant life from her collection, and is credited…

Using the cyanotype process Angela Chalmers is inspired by the narrative ‘Angel in the House’ by English poet Coventry Patmore . The poem became to symbolise the ideal role of a middle-class Victorian wife who was expected to lead a life of domesticity, feminine self-sacrifice, submissiveness and social restriction.

As a photographic artist most of the time I am confined to 2D work. But, not this time! The final piece of my Me and Mary Eleanor (Bowes) project was this flowing assemblage of flowers and plants. The botany cabinet had lain dormant for over two centuries. Far too precious to be functional in the

KunstBaan maakt van kunst een springplank naar sociale inclusie van volwassenen met een verstandelijke beperking en realiseert dit in een context van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemerschap.

For me, Juncture refers to a turning point, the place where the choice you make profoundly alters the trajectory of what follows, whether you know it at the time or not. The work I do using cyanotype exploits that concept, since chance is a huge factor in the outcome of the piece.   I started maki

Relieve stress and get creative through this step-by-step tutorial of the cyanotype process.

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This gallery features botanical wet cyanotypes. I collect most of my leaves and flowers from my garden and on walks in the local woods and fields. I also like to using skeletal bodhi leaves as they remind me of my teenage years in India. We used to buy bodhi leaves painted with miniature scenes, animals…

Citrus exposed cyanotype fabric square - sun exposure fabric

Poramit Thantapalit, New York City artist, experience in fine art, photography and graphic design

Cyanotypes, commonly known as “sun prints”, are a very fun and immediate form of basic photography. A brief description of the process:  A piece of paper is treated with a photo sensitive solution of iron salts and allowed to dry. (The solution will appear as a lime green color when brushed on.) Then, working in…

Anthotypes and cyanotypes are a type of photographic printing invented in the mid 19th century by the scientist and the Renaissance man of the day sir John Herschel. It was the time when lots of other printing processes and indeed photography itself were being elaborated.What is anthotype printing? Anthotype prints. The print on the left is made using beetroot juice, and the print on the right is made with a mixture of tumeric, raspberry, strawberry and beetroot juice It is one of the slowest an

I’ve been experimenting this summer with Cyanotype printing. It’s a monotype printing process that creates these amazing monochromatic pieces by exposing a sensitized surface to the sun. Today I am sharing how I used primed canvases to create this splashy blue wonders. Like most things I dive into,

Exploring Cyanotype is a photographic process that uses light sensitive paper, a negative or item to block the sun and exposure to sunlight.