Editing Cyanotype (section)

=== Printmaking ===
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The simplest kind of cyanotype print is a [[photogram]], made by arranging objects on sensitised paper. Fresh or pressed plants are a typical subject, but any opaque to translucent object will create an image. A sheet of glass presses flat objects into close contact with the paper, resulting in a sharp image. Otherwise, three-dimensional objects or less-than-perfectly flat ones create a more- or less-blurred image depending on the incidence and breadth of the light source.

[[Chemigram]]s are variants of photograms. The cyanotype solution is applied, poured, or sprayed irregularly. A variant of action painting results from repeated washing and application, placing objects on top.

More sophisticated prints can be made from artwork or photographic images on transparent or translucent media. The cyanotype process reverses light and dark, so a [[Negative (photography)|negative]] original is required to print as a positive image. Large-format photographic negatives or [[Digital negative (transparency)|transparent digital negatives]] can produce images with a full tonal range, or [[lithography|lithographic film]] can be used to create high-contrast images.

The cyanotype may be combination-printed with gumoil,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Koenig |first=Karl |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1016062767 |title=Gumoil Photographic Printing, Revised Edition |date=1999 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-09029-5 |language=en|oclc=1016062767}}</ref> or with a [[gum bichromate]] image, in which, for full-colour imaging from colour separations, it may form the blue layer; or it may be combined with a hand-painted or hand-drawn  layer.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Christina Z |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317326427 |title=Gum printing: a step-by-step manual, highlighting artists and their creative practice |date=17 June 2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-138-10150-0 |location=New York |pages=69, 73–77, 121, 149, 168, 266 |language=en|oclc=1047865042}}</ref>