cyanotype: learn in a weekend

With this beginner’s guide you’ll be making beautiful photographic blueprints in no time.

Photography in its purest form, cyanotype gives distinctive white-on-blue results that are simultaneously graphic, intricate and mysterious. Drawing on Victoria Glover’s experience running workshops for beginners, this book will walk you through the process, step-by-step.

Learn how to print onto a cushion cover, T-shirt, tote bag or lampshade. Or even take your creativity further, using long exposures to create the effect of an X-ray image. With this book you’ll discover just how simple DIY cyanotype can be.

The LEARN IN A WEEKEND series is designed to bring craft to a whole new audience. Presenting accessible, stylish projects in a contemporary style, it’s aimed squarely at hip hobbyists who want to get started quickly, have fun and make something they’d be proud to share. Other titles in the series include Linocut: Learn in a Weekend, Embroidery: Learn in a Weekend and Paper Marbling: Learn in a Weekend and Paper Folding: Learn in a Weekend.

Victoria Glover, a former photographer, creates hand-printed textiles and prints on paper using cyanotype and other methods of resist printing. They all produce slightly unpredictable, one-of-a-kind designs. Working from her studio and store in Manchester, she creates lampshades, cushions, textiles and prints. Victoria also runs cyanotype workshops and has guided hundreds of beginners through the process, from mixing chemicals to finished prints.