Kathy K Toning Cyanotypes with Plants

Cyanotypes are a beautiful blue colour, but blue isn’t the only colour you can get from them. In this workshop you will learn about toning cyanotypes to get other tones like brown and turquoise. Using various plant materials, we will tone cyanotypes and talk about the many ways we can experiment with the process and affect the final colours. This is a sustainable process that doesn’t use any harsh chemicals, just plant material you might find around your home. It is a good option for creating prints that have a historic process look without using silver nitrate or other chemicals that can be hard to find or need more caution when handling. The workshop will cover the process of toning with plants, how to get different colours in the images, which prints and papers work best for toning, and what steps are next in the toning adventure. You will need to bring 4 – 5 of your cyanotype prints that you are willing to experiment with. Up to 8×10 only please! Slightly overexposed prints tend to work best.