Photogram & Rayograms
Photograms is a photographic image made without a camera. You can do this by placing objects directly on top of photographic paper and exposing it to light.
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How to make one (You need a dark room!!!)
1) Get a piece of Cyanotype/Photographic Paper.
2) Arrange some objects that you have chosen to place on the piece of paper.
3) Expose your paper including the objects to a source of light for 10 seconds (you can leave it on for longer, but 10 seconds is enough for your image to develope)
4) Remove all your objects from the piece of photographic paper.
5) Take your photogram and place it in a tray of developer, move this around the tray and take it out as soon as you see the picture (if you leave it in for too long your photogram will be too dark!).
6) Next using a pair of tweezers, take your photogram to another tray that contains a fixing chemical, this will make your photo stay on the page. Hence the 'fix' in the name. Only keep it there for a couple of seconds.
7) The last of the trays is a cleaner. You have to leave your picture in there for about 5 minutes tops. This gets all the chemicals off the paper.
8) Leave your picture in some water after the 5 minutes are up. Rinse with a really annoying squeaky thing and leave your photogram to try on a wire.
2) Arrange some objects that you have chosen to place on the piece of paper.
3) Expose your paper including the objects to a source of light for 10 seconds (you can leave it on for longer, but 10 seconds is enough for your image to develope)
4) Remove all your objects from the piece of photographic paper.
5) Take your photogram and place it in a tray of developer, move this around the tray and take it out as soon as you see the picture (if you leave it in for too long your photogram will be too dark!).
6) Next using a pair of tweezers, take your photogram to another tray that contains a fixing chemical, this will make your photo stay on the page. Hence the 'fix' in the name. Only keep it there for a couple of seconds.
7) The last of the trays is a cleaner. You have to leave your picture in there for about 5 minutes tops. This gets all the chemicals off the paper.
8) Leave your picture in some water after the 5 minutes are up. Rinse with a really annoying squeaky thing and leave your photogram to try on a wire.