Clive Pigott tries out Annette Golaz’s recipe for toning cyanotypes with avocado. The original recipe can be found in Annette Golaz’s book Cyanotype Toning alongside many other recipes. Writer and photography / Clive Pigott Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. I was first introduced to alternative and historical printing techniques back in the early 90’s, when I was in … Read more
Part 7 is the last in Matthew Bary’s series Duotone cyanotype on how to create and print the second layer of the duotone cyanotype print. It explains how to dilute the cyanotype solution for better control and shows the importance of proper registration when aligning the negative with the first layer print. Writer and photography / Matthew Bary Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use … Read more
Part 6 in Matthew Bary’s series Duotone cyanotype with detailed instructions for the penultimate step in the due-tone cyanotype process, including preparing bleach and toning solutions, exposing the print, developing, bleaching, and toning the paper. Writer and photography / Matthew Bary Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. A continuation from the previous article Duotone cyanotypes #5 – Shrink the paper. … Read more
Part 5 in Matthew Bary’s series Duotone cyanotype shows how to prepare watercolor paper for printing due-tone cyanotypes, by shrinking the paper, coating it with cyanotype chemicals, and drying it thoroughly. Writer and photography / Matthew Bary Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. Once you have printed the negative as in Duotone cyanotypes #4 – Print the negative it … Read more
Part 4 in Matthew Bary’s series on duotone cyanotype provides instructions for printing negatives using various Canon printers and transparency film. It includes details on printer settings, ink choices, and the printing process for both cyan and magenta + yellow negatives. Writer and photography / Matthew Bary Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. Once you have created a negative Duotone … Read more
Part 3 in Matthew Bary’s series Duotone cyanotype is a detailed guide for creating cyanotype negatives using Gimp software. It covers steps for flipping images, adjusting colors, adding registration marks, separating images into color components, applying curves, and exporting negatives for cyanotype printing. Writer and photography / Matthew Bary Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. Lets start with a … Read more
Part 2 in Matthew Bary’s series Duotone cyanotype about choosing subjects for cyanotype printing and considering the limitations of the duotone cyanotype process. With two-layer cyanotypes, color options are restricted, favoring black, white, brown, red, or blue hues. Writer and photography / Matthew Bary Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. Following on from Duotone cyanotypes #1 – Many failed … Read more
Matthew Bary started his toning journey here with Creating multi-coloured cyanotype prints and Multi colored cyanotypes. He has since worked out his method of toning cyanotypes and shares it here in this 7-part series. Get ready to dive in! Writer and photography / Matthew Bary Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. A few years ago I (Matthew Bary) found … Read more
The cyanotype toning book from Annette Golaz – another Routledge publication – is here, containing step-by-step instructions and contemporary artists working with toning. As we all know by now, cyanotypes are blue by default. As much as blue is a wonderful color, it is not always suitable for the final print. Luckily, cyanotypes can be toned, and now there is a whole book devoted to this topic. From the publisher: … Read more
Cyanotypes are usually blue. Or toned into a sepia color. Filipe Alves shows us how to get both blue and sepia into the same cyanotype.
Terri Sprinkle gives plenty of tips how to tone and hand color black & white photographs, the classic way and the organic way.
Jonathan Bailey lets us in on his formulaes and procedures for attempting split-toning.
Jonathan Bailey defines split-toning and tells it’s history.