cyanotype
/sahy-an-uh-tahyp/US // saɪˈæn əˌtaɪp //UK // (saɪˈænəˌtaɪp) //
青色印刷,青花瓷,青色印刷术,青花
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- : a print made by this process.
Examples
Marty Ittner’s swirling piece, a response to climate change, is rendered in the deep blues of cyanotype.
For Round 1 Mary snail mailed Elizabeth a cyanotype photogram, which she then bordered with inkjet-printed video stills.
The positive cyanotype gives blue lines on a white ground, being the reverse of the ordinary blue print.
It should then be put in the printing frame in the same way as the cyanotype paper and exposed to the sun.
Prints made upon this cyanotype paper have a beautiful blue tone, and are so simple and easily made that they are very popular.
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