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on a VERY big cyanotype kick lately so I have been plotting and tinkering and wanted to make myself something special and unique so I captured the essence of girlhood aka dumped the contents of my tote bag and printed it ONTO the bag (is this meta - also pls ignore the bleed this is literally only my fifth time doing this)
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Jun 30, 2024

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um this fcks hard?!
Jul 28, 2024
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jules_hawkins AHHHH thank you for seeing it!!!! it’s so great that the real are recognizing my real
Jul 28, 2024
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What is cyanotype????
Jul 26, 2024
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nick3 cyanotype printing is a means of capture a imagine through a combination of chemicals (potassium ferricyanide + ferric ammonium citrate) with UV rays (some people know it as sun printing)! essentially you mix two liquids of each chemical, and then combine those together! with that mixture you can put it on whatever you want to print on! i will try to normally let the chemical emulsion dry in a dark place since the chemicals are light sensitive. once it’s dry, you can pop whatever you want onto the treated paper and place it in the sun and watch the magic happen and for it to turn blue!!! it doesn’t need long depending on how sunny it is - but you can also use a UV lamp if you have access to one! then you rinse and you’re golden (or blue idk LOL) people like normally just foraging for botanicals, ive also done a handful of prints with “negatives” I printed of photos with transparency papers you can buy! anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk, while I’m big on cyanotype this is my first time working with alternative photo processes and it’s been fun so I’m happy to talk and share about it :)
Jul 27, 2024
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nicoledominique wow… so cool! thanks for explaining I’ve never heard of that before
Jul 27, 2024
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nick3 ofc!!! 🥰🥰
Jul 27, 2024
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Would cyanotype also work for clothes? Like would it survive being washed?
Jul 1, 2024
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lucius from my v limited knowledge I think it’ll shorten the lifespan of the print but a lot of people do do cyanotype shirts!
Jul 1, 2024
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nicoledominique vvvvvvery cool
Jul 1, 2024
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love this
Jul 1, 2024
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This is dope! I messed around with cyanotype last summer and have been planning on getting back into it this summer. I actually have a few plain totes I bought for this exact reason. The library of congress and the Met have online collections of public domain (royalty free) images that you can print onto transparency film and use with the cyanotype.
Jul 1, 2024
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normieexgirlfriend AHHH yes! That’s the next step! I’m planning to make one for my friend’s bday later this month so I’m about to buy some stuff to make the negatives with some pics her bf sent me of their cats hanging out 😁😁
Jul 1, 2024
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duuude omggg so so spectacular!!!!!! can i copy u………
Jul 1, 2024
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nikau omg duh pls do! We can be twins
Jul 1, 2024
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nicoledominique wheeeee yay i’m totally gunna
Jul 1, 2024
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i love cyanotype this is so cutee
Jul 1, 2024
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angelboy aaaahhhhh ty!! I’m very happy with how this turned out!
Jul 1, 2024
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obsessed w this idea
Jul 1, 2024
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khloe thank you 🥲🥲🥲
Jul 1, 2024
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This is so cool
Jul 1, 2024
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lynnnnie you’re so cool for thinking I’m cool 🥲
Jul 1, 2024
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i'd buy this on etsy asap
Jun 30, 2024
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devisthatgirl eeek stop youre gonna make my head get bigger than it already is gjdjjajaja
Jun 30, 2024
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nicoledominique haha having an ego isn't a bad thing i think... esp when ur doing such cool things!
Jun 30, 2024
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this is such a cute idea!!!!
Jun 30, 2024
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forevercherry thank you!!! I’m v excited to walk around with my cute new custom tote hehe
Jun 30, 2024

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