Cyanotype Duotone

Learn how to create beautiful two coloured cyanotypes with Melanie King

Join Melanie King for a unique insight on how to make duotone (two coloured) cyanotypes and tone them with sustainable botanical toners.

Firstly, you will learn how to produce two digital negatives with acetate which will provide the basis for your two coloured cyanotypes.

Then, you will learn how to bleach cyanotypes with soda crystals. In addition to this, you will find out how to tone cyanotypes with tannin-based substances such as green tea, coffee, and red wine. Attendees are also welcome to bring their own tannin sources.

You will make cyanotypes during the workshop, which will provide a base for bleaching and toning. The cyanotype is an environmentally friendly iron-based photographic process which is known for its strong blue colour. It is possible to alter the blue colour with bleaches and tannins to achieve yellow, purple, brown and tones that are close to black.

Upcoming Live & Online Dates

8 August, 2pm UK
10 August, 6pm UK

£45

Dr Melanie King is a working class artist and curator, originally from Manchester, UK. Melanie is now based in Kent, UK. She is co-Director of super/collider, Lumen Studios and founder of the London Alternative Photography Collective. Melanie is Lecturer In Photography at Canterbury Christ Church University. She has recently completed her PhD at the Royal College of Art. She is represented by the Land Art Agency. Melanie is interested in the relationship between the environment, photography and materiality. In her work, Melanie intends to highlight the intimate connection between photographic materials and the natural world. Melanie is currently researching several sustainable photographic processes, to minimise the environmental impact of her artistic practice. You can read more about Melanie's recent projects at her website.

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IN A 2 HOUR LIVE SESSION:

  • Prepare

    Soak paper in water and dry before the workshop (this ensures the paper won't stretch and warp during the duotone process).

    Prepare digital negative

  • Materials

    Potassium Ferricyanide

    Ammonium Ferric Citrate

    Foam or Goat Hair brush.

    Paper (Fabriano Accademia 200GSM+, Arches Platine, Somerset Satin, Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag work well)

    Transparencies & Printer

    Access to water

    Jugs / Trays / Gloves

    Contact printing frame or clip frame

    Pegs

    Sunlight or UV light 

  • Toning

    Kettle or method of boiling water

    Bleaching material (Bicarbonate of Soda, Oak Bark)

    Tannin material (Green tea, coffee, black tea).

    Trays and Jugs

    Access to water

    Ventilation (near window or in ventilated darkroom)

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