Beginners Guide to Cyanotype: Beautiful Projects to Print with Light

Learn to use the cyanotype process on fabric, note cards, paper and so much more!

Create a beautiful blue coloured world using this amazing printing process with detailed instruction from popular crafter Kim Tillyer.

Crafters will learn how to apply a special light-sensitive solution to various surfaces and witness the transformative effect of sunlight or UV light, as their creations magically turn into vibrant blue works of art. What makes cyanotype particularly appealing is its versatility, as it provides a fun, accessible, and affordable means to transform ordinary objects into extraordinary blue-hued keepsakes.

Whether you are a budding artist in search of a new creative outlet or an individual seeking to infuse your gifts with a mesmerising blue hue, Beginner's Guide to Cyanotype will serve as your ultimate beginner-friendly guide. You are guided on how to use cyanotype printing on a variety of surfaces and unlock the potential of this enchanting artistic process. With Kim Tillyer's expert instruction and inspiration, you will embark on a journey of artistic exploration, creating unique and captivating cyanotype masterpieces that reflect your individual style and vision.

Whatever your level of crafting experience, we’d love you try the cyanotype Fabric Night Lights projects, using our Needcraft Lantern Making Kits or techniques from the book on fabrics to use with a Lampshade Making Kit. We are offering the Beginners Guide to Cyanotype book at cost price to Dannells customers, to help you get creative!

Contents:

• Introduction
• What is cyanotype?
• Tools and materials
• Basic Technique
• Projects
• Toil and trouble...’ - when things go wrong
• Last word
• Templates
• Appendix
• Index
• Thanks

Project details
Atkins-style Greetings Card, Travel Journal, Topiary Garden Pop-up Card, Trompe L’oeil Purse, ‘Picnic in the Woods’ Cutlery Roll, ‘Patchwork’ Tote Bag, Fabric Night Lights using a Needcraft Lantern Making Kit, Portraits and Pictures, ‘Hag Stone’ Jewellery.

About Kim Tillyer 

Born into an artistic family, Kim was always encouraged to paint and draw creatively. In her late 30s she studied for a degree in Textiles and Surface Design at what was Cleveland College of Art and Design (now The Northern School), graduating with first class honours at the age of 40. Kim rediscovered cyanotype a process via an old pack of Sun Print paper someone had given her children, while developing artwork for her degree; from there her blue-and-white adventures began. Kim is creates and sells her fabric and paper cyanotype prints via her website, and is an illustrator and workshop teacher, based in a studio near Keswick in the Lake District, UK.