cyanotype
Americannoun
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a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
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a print made by this process.
noun
Etymology
Origin of cyanotype
Example Sentences
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For Sunprints, a new wallpaper from Calico, the company’s founders, Rachel and Nick Cope, caught the images of fresh-cut flowers through the cameraless photography technique called cyanotype.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024
She used a combination of letter press and cyanotype techniques to depict a child "lost in a forest of letters".
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2023
The cyanotype is a statement about presence as well as a riff on art history.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022
For Redeat Wondemu, cyanotype is an ideal medium for studies of women in Ethiopia, which she visits regularly.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022
Leaving out B and replacing it by rain water, this makes also a good solution for the cyanotype.
From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.
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