8 | CYANOTYPES
Make a sunprint
The sun has well and truly come! Here’s how to create some cool artworks
To make your own cyanotypes without a darkroom, create a digital negative then expose it onto special sunprint paper. It’s easy and fun!
Before
As summer is here and the sun has appeared at last, you can use the brighter daylight conditions to create your very own homemade sunprints. But first things first, what on earth is a sunprint? Put simply, sunprint is a special type of UV light-sensitive photographic paper that’s based on the cyanotype process. You can pick this paper up online (www.sunprints.org) or from craft shops.