Make Cyanotypes on Cloudy Day

Can you make cyanotypes on a cloudy day? Yes!

Quick Chapters:

• 00:05 – UV Light Test

• 00:07 – Exposing
• 00:15 – Exposed
• 00:20 – Developing
• 00:32 – Comparing
• 00:42 – Drying
• 00:45 – Dry
• 00:49 – UV + Window-Light Example

1. 00:05 – UV Light Test
2. 00:07 – Exposing
3. 00:15 – Exposed
4. 00:20 – Developing
5. 00:32 – Comparing
6. 00:42 – Drying
7. 00:45 – Dry

Today, I am making two cyanotypes on a cloudy day.

Each paper is a sheet of 11×14 cyanotype paper, upon which I have placed two audio-cassette tapes.

Both cyanotype papers received approximately 1 hour’s worth of exposure to the adjacent window’s overcast light.

One of the cyanotypes also received additional exposure from a 10 Watt UV lightbulb placed directly overhead.