What are Cyanotypes? Cyanotypes is a photographic printing process that produces cyan-blue print. How are they made? The cyanotype is made up of two solutions.Potassium ferricyanide and Ferric ammonium citrate are mixed with water separately. What equipment you need?
25 grams of Ferric ammonium citrate (green)
10 grams of Potassium ferricyanide
Water (distilled if possible)
Scale or measuring spoons
Measuring jug
3 glass containers for mixing ingredients
Plastic spoons
Face mask (DIY style)
Goggles
Rubber gloves
Apron or old shirt
Newspaper to cover work surface
Cleaning cloth
Brushes or coating rod
Clothes pegs (plastic)
Washing line or rope (plastic)
Art paper or fabric for coating
Glass or a contact print frame
Sunshine or a UV light source
The process that Anna Atkins used was by placing the unmounted dried-algae original directly on the cyanotype paper.