Sun printing on fabric tutorials

Sun printing on fabric tutorial by Vicki Welsh

Tutorial sun prints: here's a few tips and tricks for you to make botanical sun prints at home. By Dutch textile designer Dieuwertje van de Moosdijk.

How to print with turmeric and the sun!

In fact, cyanotype prints were often used to print maps and plans, that’s where we get the term blueprint.

cyanotype montage - in progress

Create amazing prints with the sun! See How to Make Cyanotype Prints on Fabric! It's an easy photographic process for amazing blue art!

Sun prints are typically created with special paper or fabric treated with cyanotype (a solution of potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate that can be exposed to a UV light source to create a print). Kinda sounds complicated right? While you can buy paper or fabric treated with cyanotype, or even light sensitive paints and dyes, there is a much easier and cheaper way to create the same effect on fabric. If you have spent time playing around with surface design techniques, resists…

Comparing two different paints for sun printing.

Step-by-step Cyanotype tutorial!

The secret's out - this easy way to make magical SunPrinting on fabric. No special light sensitive paint, Dye-Na-Flow and any fabric