Sunography - Paper

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One thing which because obvious was that taping the transparency to the light-sensitive paper wasn’t enough. My prints were coming out patchy because the paper was warping. Using a glass sheet to hold the acetate against the paper made a huge difference to the print. However by the time I got to the end of the project I had learned so much about the cyanotype process that with the right tools and exposure time I probably could have produced the design as a cyanotype print. Instead, I exposed a sheet of paper with no objects or transparencies covering it. This gave me just the cyanotype texture. This sheet I could then scan onto the computer and create a digital version of the cyanotype using illustrator. I could have used Photoshop to blur parts of the text, adding to the cyanotype exposure feel. FINALLY The advantage of using this paper is that you don’t have to mess about with dangerous chemicals. All that has been done for you. You just need to find something to print using the sun paper.

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Place any object or transparency on the Sunography expose it in bright sunlight, and rinse to reveal a rich blue print. Made in USA from high-quality material and light sensitive on both side to make two-sided prints. Instructions are in English, French, Spanish. Sunography comes in three styles: Place any object or transparency on the sunography cards, expose in bright sunlight, and rinse with water to reveal a rich blue print. Please note that customers are responsible for the cost of returning the item/s, unless incorrect or faulty.As you can see above we made prints with wooden dinosaur shapes, and wooden under the sea shapes, plastic and metal cookie cutters, and other items like bottle tops and tape rolls.

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Place any object or transparency on the sunography fabric, expose in bright sunlight, and rinse with water to reveal a rich blue print over assorted colours of fabric. Sunography fabric is 100% cotton archival watercolour paper, light sensitive on both sides for two sided prints. The superior quality and weight of Sunography fabric produces finely detailed prints. The prints can also be toned yellow or sepia using rinses with common household liquids.SolarFast dyes from Jacquard develop their colour and become permanent upon exposure to sunlight, and use a different technology. Cyanotype/Blueprinting and Sunprinting Blueprinting/Cyanotype/Sunography Blueprinting/Cyanotype/Sunprinting Cyanotype is what’s known as a photographic printing process. It was first invented in 1842 and has been used up until very recently as a low-cost way to reproduce diagrams and drawings. The process works by mixing two chemicals, ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide. This creates a liquid which is sensitive to light. As for the cookie cutters, since those have a much thinner outline the prints were much less defined for those. I would definitely recommend using something more solid, but it was fun to explore the different effects.

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When I got onto this idea of using the cyanotype process my initial thought was to use cyanotype to produce the poster. As I continued with this idea I came to the realisation that this probably wouldn’t be possible. Before starting art school cyanotype was something I had never really come across. I vaguely knew it had something to do with technical drawings but not much more. It’s surprising to me that in a short space of time Cyanotype has gone from something I know little about. To one of my favourite photographic techniques. WHAT IS CYANOTYPE Place any object or transparency on the sunography paper, expose in bright sunlight, and rinse with water to reveal a rich blue print. Sunography paper is 100% cotton archival watercolour paper, light sensitive on both sides for two sided prints. The superior quality and weight of Sunography paper produces finely detailed prints that are suitable for tinting or hand colouring with any media. The prints can also be toned yellow or sepia using rinses with common household liquids. You can use a paper towel or a piece of cardboard as a bed for your print while it dries. Putting it on something absorbent will help to avoid the formation of water spots by drawing the water away from the Sunprint paper.

Cyanotype is a very easy photographic process and can be used for much more than just reproducing photographs. The first book featuring cyanotype prints was created by Anna Atkins in 1843. Cyanotype allowed Atkins to document ferns and other plant life by creating what is known as photograms. This is a process still used today by many well known modern artists. MY FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH CYANOTYPE

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Place any object or transparency on the Sunography expose it in bright sunlight, and rinse to reveal a rich blue print. Made in USA from high-quality material and light sensitive on both side to make two-sided prints. Sunography comes in three styles:

When it comes to using light-sensitive solutions I’m more used to using photo emulsion. Depending on the light this will expose anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. According to the sunography paper, the exposure time should have been something similar. After doing a few experiments and some googling it turned out the paper needed to be exposed for at least a few hours. Step 5 – Rinse your Sunprint paper in water. Watch the white turn into blue and the blue turn into white.