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203/365 Blueprint

My very first attempt at cyanotype.

Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. The process uses two chemicals: ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide.

I used a kit to produce my blueprint and it was so easy and fascinating to watch it happen. A shout out to my son Matthew Fox for once again being my inspiration to try this.

You can read more about the process here www.chemistryandlight.eu/index.php/cyanotype-process/

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Uploaded on July 22, 2018
Taken on July 22, 2018