Cyanotype Printing Kits

Photographers' Formulary

2 different kits from the Photographers' Formulary

USA: Buy 'The Cyanotype kit' from Amazon.com

Makes 24 8x10 Prints

This kit (07-0090) is the original formula which makes two stock solutions of 500 ml each which can be applied with a brush or coating rod. It is simple to mix just add water.

Formulary cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic processes and one of the least expensive. Cyanotypes have a long full scale and distinctive blue color. The process can be used to produce a pale white image on a blue background or a blue image on a white background. This process is a contact print process and can be transferred to a variety of media; paper, cloth, leather, etc.

Strongly recommended for beginners - easy to use

USA: Buy 'The Cyanotype kit' from Amazon.com

Makes 50 8x10 Prints

This kit (07-0095) is Michael Ware's formula which you have to grind the Potassium Ferricynide prior to mixing and it makes 100ml of soution making a glass coating rod a necessity to get 50 prints.

Formulary New Cyanotype Kit was formulated by Dr. Michael Ware. The formula was published in the Jan/Feb. 1997 issue of Photo Techniques. According to Dr. Ware, The "New" Cyanotype process uses a single sensitizer solution, having a long shelf life, to make prints of an excellent stable blue color and a long tonal response. And with a speed much faster than the traditional process." It also loses little, if any, blue color in the final wash water, and is much more suited to a greater variety of papers.

Recommended for beginners

Product Description

FORMULARY CYANOTYPE is one of the oldest photographic processes and one of the least expensive. Cyanotypes have a long full scale and distinctive blue color. The process can be used to produce a pale white image on a blue background or a blue image on a white background. This process is a contact print process and can be transferred to a variety of media; paper, cloth, leather, etc.