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Supports for cyanotype, paper, fabric, wood, stone and ceramics bearing the same blue imprint

What can you cyanotype on: paper, fabric, wood, glass and more

Paper, fabric, wood, glass, ceramics, canvas, stone: all the supports that accept cyanotype, the principle they share and what changes from one material to another, by Éric Marais.

What can you cyanotype on: paper, fabric, wood, glass and more

Paper, fabric, wood, glass, ceramics, canvas, stone: all the supports that accept cyanotype, the principle they share and what changes from one material to another, by Éric Marais.

Translucent blue cyanotype printed on a glass plate, seen against the light

Cyanotype on glass: method and surface preparation

Printing a cyanotype on glass calls for a bonding layer, careful degreasing and a gentle rinse. The complete method for sensitising glass, by Éric Marais.

Cyanotype on glass: method and surface preparation

Printing a cyanotype on glass calls for a bonding layer, careful degreasing and a gentle rinse. The complete method for sensitising glass, by Éric Marais.

Prussian blue cyanotype printed on a stretched canvas, like a painting

Cyanotype on canvas: making a Prussian blue painting

Make a cyanotype on a stretched painting canvas for a painted look: choose a raw canvas, sensitise it, expose it in the sun and fix it. The method for canvas,...

Cyanotype on canvas: making a Prussian blue painting

Make a cyanotype on a stretched painting canvas for a painted look: choose a raw canvas, sensitise it, expose it in the sun and fix it. The method for canvas,...

Prussian blue cyanotype fixed on a pebble and mineral stones

Cyanotype on rocks and pebbles: fixing the blue on stone

Sensitise a pebble or a stone for cyanotype, manage the porosity of the mineral, coat and expose a domed surface and rinse without drowning the print. The method for stone,...

Cyanotype on rocks and pebbles: fixing the blue on stone

Sensitise a pebble or a stone for cyanotype, manage the porosity of the mineral, coat and expose a domed surface and rinse without drowning the print. The method for stone,...

Blue cyanotype printed on a glossy glazed ceramic surface

Cyanotype on ceramics: decorating a glazed surface

Sensitising and printing a cyanotype on ceramics or a glazed surface. Preparation, primer coat, coating, exposure and gentle rinsing, without breakages.

Cyanotype on ceramics: decorating a glazed surface

Sensitising and printing a cyanotype on ceramics or a glazed surface. Preparation, primer coat, coating, exposure and gentle rinsing, without breakages.

Prussian blue cyanotype printed on a sanded wooden board

Cyanotype on wood, from sanding to a protected blue print

Sensitising and printing a cyanotype on wood, from sanding to priming, from coating to the sun, through to a rinse suited to a surface that soaks up water. The method...

Cyanotype on wood, from sanding to a protected blue print

Sensitising and printing a cyanotype on wood, from sanding to priming, from coating to the sun, through to a rinse suited to a surface that soaks up water. The method...