Cyanotype : the blueprint in contemporary practice / Christina Z. Anderson.
By: Anderson, Christina Z [author]
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BookSeries: Contemporary practices in alternative process photography series: Publisher: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xiii, 305 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138338838 (paperback); 9781138338845 (hardback).Subject(s): Blueprinting | Photography, ArtisticDDC classification: 771.4 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 771.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 19/04/2024 | 00232158 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice is a two part book on the much admired blue print process. Part One is a comprehensive how-to on the cyanotype process for both beginner and advanced practitioners, with lots of photographs and clear, step-by-step directions and formulas. Part Two highlights contemporary artists who are using cyanotype, making work that ranges from the photographic to the abstract, from the traditional to the conceptual, with tips on their personal cyanotype methods alongside their work. These artists illustrate cyanotype's widespread use in contemporary photography today, probably the most of any alternative process.
Book features include:
A brief discussion of the practice of the process with some key historical points How to set up the cyanotype ÒdimroomÓ The most extensive discussion of suitable papers to date, with data from 100+ papers Step-by-step digital negative methods for monochrome and duotone negatives Chapters on classic, new, and other cyanotype formulas Toning to create colors from yellow to brown to violet Printing cyanotype over palladium, for those who want to temper cyanotype's blue nature Printing cyanotype on alternate surfaces such as fabric, glass, and wood More creative practice ideas for cyanotype such as handcoloring and gold leafing Troubleshooting cyanotype, photographically illustrated Finishing, framing, and storing cyanotype Contemporary artists' advice, techniques, and worksCyanotype is backed with research from 120 books, journals, and magazine articles from 1843 to the present day. It is richly illustrated with 400 photographs from close to 80 artists from 14 countries. It is a guide for the practitioner, from novice to expert, providing inspiration and proof of cyanotype's original and increasing place in historical and contemporary photography.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index.
Chapter 1: Cyanotype - history and practice -- Part 1: Cyanotype step-by-step -- Chapter 2: Setting up the cyanotype dimroom -- Chapter 3: Papers for cyanotype -- Chapter 4: Digital negatives for cyanotype -- Chapter 5: Classic cyanotype -- Chapter 6: New cyanotype -- Chapter 7: Further formula exploration -- Chapter 8: Making the cyanotype print -- Chapter 9: Toning cyanotype -- Chapter 10: Printing cyanotype over palladium -- Chapter 11: Printing cyanotype on alternate surfaces -- Chapter 12: More creative ideas for cyanotype -- Chapter 13: Troubleshooting cyanotype -- Chapter 14: Finishing, framing, and storing cyanotype -- Part 2: Contemporary cyanotype artists -- Chapter 15: Contemporary cyanotype artists.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Christina Z. Anderson's work focuses on the family snapshot and contemporary vanitas printed in a variety of 19th century photographic processes. Anderson's work has shown internationally in 110+ shows and 40+ publications. She has authored books which have sold in 40 countries-- The Experimental Photography Workbook , Gum Printing and Other Amazing Contact Printing Processes , Gum Printing, A Step by Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice , and S alted Paper Printing, A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists , along with Handcrafted: The Art and Practice of the Handmade Print (in Chinese) coauthored with Samuel Wang, S. Carl King, and Zhong Jianming. Cyanotype is her sixth book. Anderson is Series Editor for Focal Press/Routledge's Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography series and Professor of Photography at Montana State University. To see her work, visit christinaZanderson.com.