Vandyke Prints

Today I tried out Vandyke printing.  It's a similar process to cyanotype, but uses different chemicals and requires more steps to develop the image.

Coated paper:

Placed negative films on top of paper and sandwiched between plexiglass and wood.  Put outside for about 5 minutes:

Rinsed, put in fixer bath, and gave a final rinse bath:

The dried prints:

Note the two with a deeper red tone were done on hot pressed paper (the others on cold pressed).