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Blue...

I am thinking of using cyanotypes as a medium for my next project. I have experimented with cyanotype a couple of years ago and there are several elements of this technique that particularly suit me:

- unlike other photographic techniques is quite simple and straightforward and doesn't require the use of too many chemicals
- I can print either on paper (different kinds of fine art paper) or on fabric (silk?)
- experimenting with paper treatments I can get pictorial effects
- ...and lastly, it is BLUE. A colour associated with melancholy, spirituality, the invisible...all the themes that characterise my research and my practice





Resources:
For equipment: http://cyanotype.co.uk/
Cyanotype on fabric: http://www.alternativephotography.com/cyanotypes-on-fabric-preparing-the-fabric/
Inspirational images: google search 'cyanotypes on silk' and 'old cyanotypes'

Ideas:
Making blue prints from polaroid. Print polaroid on negative paper and use it for blue print.
Creating an artbook with cyanotypes
Printing cyanotypes on paper for exhibition+a dress installation



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