Fixing the BIGGEST PROBLEM in cyanotype printing!

I had the feeling that my cyanotype printing is very flat, lacking a sense of depth and perspective.
So this week I tried fixing this problem.
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00:00 - The Problem
00:22 - The Solution
01:13 - Printing
02:08 - Developing

[@rachelreeder9331]

Double and triple exposures also can give this effect. Placing plants farther away from the paper by ‘stacking’ them on additional pieces of glass also add to a depth impression.

[@riiswaters]

Thank you so much! I am just starting to learn about cyanotype. My very first one was a boring set of leaves just as you described. I will do the multiple adds at different times for the best effect.

[@Dark_Matter2]

It definitely looks better than any leaf cyanotype print I have ever seen

[@sopiabobia3699]

Wow beautiful prints. The one with the hands and moon !!!

[@JulianSandro]

Thank you! I actually made a video about that print: You can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKvRaYGMeJKCaqM

[@Raumweiter]

the hands and the moon look cool!

[@JulianSandro]

Thank you! I actually made a video about that print: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKvRaYGMeJKCaqM

[@lubenicmackavic2780]

my mind directly goes to thinking that you could make multiple clear paper prints, each addint something, to create the same effect but with architecture, langscapes, people, etc

[@JulianSandro]

I made something kind of similar in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKvRaYGMeJKCaqM

[@andreasisson7610]

amazing-Thank you!

[@Raumweiter]

i want to try this with an old 15 watt UVB/UVA fluorescent tube light. Spectum peaks are somewhere around 340 and 430 nm. Can you give me a best guess for exposure time and how i know it is done? I´ve done Cyano twice in sunlight and would like to try a combination of a photgram and chemigram. Afaik the Cyanotype paper doesnt react to fixer and developer, so therefore i´m wondering what other chemicals i could use to create a chemigram-like effect? Thanks!

[@JulianSandro]

It's hard to say how long it will take to expose the image. But usually, when the print is getting to a bronze-like color thats when it's done. (The spectrum of your lamp is fine.) If you want to get a chemigramm-like effect I'd recommend using cyanotype emulsion. The order of operations is going to be a bit different in comparison to a conventional chemigramm. First apply the emulsion as you would apply the developer in a normal chemigramm. Let the emulsion dry. Arrange your objects for the photogram, expose that arrangement, and develop the print in water. If you want to get a negative-chemigramm, as you would conventionally get by using fixer you could use water (maybe slightly acidic) instead of the fixer. Just soak your subject in that water and place it on a coated and dry paper. This will wash away the emulsion in the areas where your subject is and, after developing, leave you with an image very similar to a negative-chemigramm. I hope that helps😄

[@Raumweiter]

@@JulianSandro yes that helps! Thanks for your time. I just exposed the cyano paper for 33 minutes and it looks like it worked. So the old lamp is still good.