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Assignment: Students will create a well exposed Van dyke and Cyanotype image using their negatives or digital images. We are going to use the sun to make the image. Some photographers use an handmade exposure unit as you will see in the video to the right.
Process and history:
The Van Dyke print dates back to the 17th Century. Also known as the Van Dyke Brown print or Sepiaprint, its method is based off of the first iron-silver photo process called the argenotype. The Van Dyke process gets its name because of its similarity in color that this deep brown pigment used by the painter, Van Dyck. These prints are very simple to achieve and very economical to make. It utilizes three easily available chemicals; Ferric Ammonium Citrate, Tartaric Acid, and Silver Nitrate. Fixing is done with running water and a weak solution of hypo. Information taken from azlein14.wordpress.com
Learning Targets:
Understand that a creative approach to perceptual problem solving involves risk taking
Understand that knowledge of art materials and techniques can facilitate and enhance perceptual problem solving
Assignment:
Students will create one cyanotype or van dyke print on Arches or Stonehinge papers. All chemical processes must be handled with gloves. Print size 5x7. Students will create a negative using photoshop and transparency paper on the Epson photo printer.
Students will use contact boxes to expose the negative and emulsion covered paper in the sun for 10 mins.
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