Materials: 5" x 7" picture frame
Cyanotype paper (sunprint paper)
Assortment of leaves, flowers or vegetables
Serving tray
Paper towels
Shallow container filled with water
5" x 7" sheet of glass
Uniball white gel roller - Gather an assortment of leaves, flowers or vegetables (look for objects with an interesting outline).
- In the shade or indoors, place a sheet of cyanotype paper on a serving tray with the blue side up (figure A).
- Arrange flowers, leaves, etc. to be printed on paper -- you can leave the stems on. Cover your object with a sheet of glass (figure B) to help weigh it down. We used the glass from the picture frame. Just make sure the glass is clean.
- Place tray with paper, object and glass in direct sunlight and leave until the paper turns white (about 3-7 minutes).
- Remove glass and object. Your paper should be white and the area covered by your object should be blue (figure C).
- In the shade or indoors, place paper in shallow container of water (figure D) and allow image to develop (about 2 minutes). Make sure the paper is totally covered with water.
- Watch as the color fades then reappears, now your shadow image is white and the surrounding paper is blue.
- Remove paper from water and place on paper towel on a flat surface to dry. You can use a paper towel to gently blot the water the top of the picture.
- The blue of the cyanotype paper will darken considerably and is permanent when dry.
- Using white gel pen label or date your sunprint (figure E). Frame and enjoy!
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