https://www.carmencayart.com Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:19:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.9 https://www.carmencayart.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-Circle-32x32.jpg https://www.carmencayart.com 32 32 153691695 Welcome Home https://www.carmencayart.com/welcome-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-home Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:29:51 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=3348 I’ve thought a lot about “home” in the past few years. About four years ago I started collecting tiny houses and placing them around my own home as decoration. I lived in an apartment at the time. I never even wanted to own my own home and despite not understanding where my little “collection” was coming from, I kept collecting them.

In the following years I would see homes be the reason some people’s lives be turned upside down. Some were foreclosed on. One family was torn apart when a family member died and a house was left behind. One family could no longer afford their mortgage payment and had to move. One had to live inside a mold infested home because they couldn’t afford to move.

11 million people worldwide were forced to flee their homes just last year-due to war, persecution or violence.

I’d lived in the same apartment for 8 years, an old building, built in the 1920’s. I moved to Jacksonville, FL in 2009 and it was the first place I lived (I left for a year but moved back). There were only 6 units so it wasn’t loud (usually) or crowded and most of the time neighbors felt like family. I was able to do whatever I wanted (paint the walls, take out bushes to make a butterfly garden, put a fire pit in the front yard) and I really liked the freedom I had with the space.

House earrings I made in 2019 out of polymer clay (which is not actually a clay, it’s plastic)

One day the news came that the owner was going to sell the building and I was so upset! I didn’t know what to expect with the new owner and it felt like my home was being invaded. It was like my sense of security crumbled as each wall was (literally) torn down around me.

my peaceful old apartment…before construction started

I’d spend the next year listening to construction. Sometimes it would go on until 10 o’clock at night. Every day I’d hear drilling, sawing, building, hammering, and more drilling. Despite the stressors of normal every day life, it was totally disruptive and left me feeling lost.

Living in a construction zone. View from my upstairs window

During the day I’d go to a coffee shop nearby or I’d go to a park just to have some peace. Sometimes I’d sit in my car and listen to music. I would feel physical anger in my body from the noise pollution that surrounded me. Once, around 7 o’clock in the morning, they started banging on a wall adjacent to ours and knocked a painting off our wall! By the end of that year I genuinely couldn’t wait to move.

Realizing we’d probably have to move (we also discovered the new LL was increasing rent)got me thinking a lot about the concept of “home”. What is a home? What does “home” mean? Where is my home? Do I have a home and where do I feel at home? Is “home” the place I grew up? After moving to a new state and moving into our own home within that year I was REALLY thinking about what it meant to feel at home.

Artwork I turned into little houses
the start of “Welcome Home” involved curating certain pieces of art

I felt displaced and uprooted after my move from my home state (Florida) to Tennessee. It will be two years in June and it still feels weird. I don’t know the names of streets. I don’t know landmarks. I don’t have a favorite coffee shop. (I do have a few favorite restaurants: Mojo Burrito, Kumo Sushi and Cashew) I don’t know what to plant when you live on the side of a rocky hill that is full of clay! In Florida (zone 9-did you know that was a “thing”?) things basically grow year round. In Tennessee (zone 9a) we have something called Winter and plants die.

It isn’t like I moved to another country but it might as well be. Through this process I’ve come to see “home” as a place of security, a place of comfort. I realized how much it mattered that where I was felt like home. I started to imagine how I could incorporate a little bit of home into my art. (This process took a a long time to come to fruition)

cut out “houses” ready to become earrings

One day I was walking around my house and I noticed some of the houses I had collected. The outline of each house resonated with me in a way they hadn’t before. That’s when an idea started to manifest.

making the hole in the earrings-I used a clay tool šŸ™‚
The backs are painted gold with an oil based (metallic) paint pen
I also edged the front of the earrings with gold. My second batch has both silver and gold!
The final earrings!

The white cards you see in the above photo is what I named my jewelry line. It’s called “Bits & Peaces Boutique”. I designed the logo as a house with branches coming out of it years ago-before I even thought of houses or started collecting them. (Which I just realized while writing this!) The earrings are sturdy but light. They have several coats of Diamond Glaze on the front and the back that protect them.

This is a close-up
Fern fingertips!

After this project and all of the years spent thinking about it I see home differently now. Home can be wherever we are. Home is in our hearts and souls. Home is a place we grow, love, and learn. It’s a place we can create in, grow in, cry in. Home is where we spend most of our time. A place we feel we belong. It’s a place we invite others into to share in that space of love. Home can be anywhere and everywhere. Home is in the memories we have in the place we grew up. Home is “where the heart is”, whatever that means for you. Home means something different to everyone but one thing is certain -we all want a place to belong.

I am releasing my “Welcome Home” collection in honor of-and help for-refugees that do not yet have a safe place to call home. I will donate 30% of the proceeds to one of Tennessee’s refugee programs. Bridge Refugee Services has a location in both Chattanooga and Knoxville.

I have several “Welcome Home” earrings listed on my website. I am also doing a “story sale” today in my Instagram story if you are interested you can check that out.

Thank you for reading,

~ Carmen

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Cyanotype Mobile https://www.carmencayart.com/cyanotype-mobile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyanotype-mobile Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:38:10 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=3285
Say hello to my first fabric mobile! It’s a prototype for a larger piece

I’ve been doing a lot of quiet contemplation lately. 2020 taught me-not only is it okay to slow down-but it’s mandatory for the sake of my mental health. Over the past year I have spent time collecting photos, pressing plants, and learning how to give myself a break.

Part of giving myself a break means I create when I feel like creating and not because I feel some sort of push to be a certain thing or catch up to what I see someone else doing.

I found the piece of wood on a hike
Some tiny hand stitching with a button fern print on the bottom half

This series of fabric hoops has been a calm space for me. It’s a slow, contemplative, methodical process. This piece is a work in progress and is not actually finished.

This is an image taken on Roan Mountain in Tennessee
This piece was created with some water splashed on the fabric
I love this grasses piece. The size of the larger hoops is 6×6
Christmas fern
More hand stitching with Japanese Maple leaves on the bottom and Willow branches on the top
I use tacky glue to hold down the fabric on the back of the hoop

As I said above this is an in-process piece. I will eventually cover the backs with repurposed cardboard. I have a few hoops I will be finishing up this week that are not a part of this particular project so if you like the hoops jump on over to my website and check out the ones I have for sale šŸ™‚

Website link HERE

Thanks for reading!

~ Carmen

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Ferns On Your Ears https://www.carmencayart.com/ferns-on-your-ears/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ferns-on-your-ears Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:15:32 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=3109 Ferns that hang from trees can now hang from our ears! Here’s the story of this awesome collaboration of two bad ass women!

Amber (@gingermadeartisan) and I met in Jacksonville, FL when we both lived there in 2013.

Circa 2013 (wee babes)

Neither of us live in Jax anymore but we’ve followed each other on Instagram for years and have been able to keep up with each others work. Amber reached out to me a few months ago and brought up the idea of a collaboration. Amber makes jewelry and kept thinking the prints I make of plants would be awesome to use in a process called “etching”. As someone who loves collaborating with other women I said yes. Obviously.

Amber & Carmen

Etching on metal uses chemical erosion to selectively remove metal. In this case it’s what makes the fern image “pop up” on the brass. I will share some of our process with you in this blog.

It all started a few years back when I lived in Jacksonville and realized this fern existed
I’ve been sort of obsessed with them ever since. They can lose 75-95% of their water content and the COME BACK TO LIFE (although technically they weren’t dead they just look like it)

For me, this fern parallels life and the outlook I want to have when I go through my own struggles. I might feel like I have lost spirit and may feel sad or lonely-but if someone comes along with a kind word or shows me some love in some way, I “resurrect”. In that same way, I want to be able to do this for people with my own words. That’s why THIS had to be the first fern we turned into earrings. My hope is when we wear them we are reminded of our own power to heal or harm.

When we dicsussed what species we’d use first I knew it had to be the Resurrection fern!

Resurrection ferns Pleopeltis polypodioides can withstand drought (thus their name). Most plants will die after losing just 10-15% of their water content but these guys can lose anywhere from 75-95% (and still live up to ONE HUNDRED YEARS) and will “come back to life” after a rain. You’ve probably noticed big clumps of green on very tall trees on a walk or even on the forest floor attached to decaying wood. This fern population is stable (luckily) and even though it grows on other structures it does not steal from its host.

Super cool fact about this fern…it was taken aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (1997-I actually saw the launch!) to watch its resurrection in space. It was the first fern to ever go to space! Here’s a link to a great article SPACEFERN I mean, if this isn’t the coolest plant to wear on your ears I don’t know what is. Dontcha just love science!

Making prints using the UV light of the sun
Here’s what my print looked like.
There are 3 species of ferns here. Can you find the Resurrection Ferns?
The image is scanned and inverted in Photoshop

Once my part was complete I sent the images to Amber. Here is a slideshow of some of Amber’s process and the images being transferred to sheets of brass. They are then cut out with a really sharp tiny blade and dipped in acid (don’t worry, it didn’t hurt).

…anddddd that’s when she shipped them to me! Also, what are the chances this photo of Amber & I would come up as a memory on the same day but 7 years earlier…

Reflections and memories
Forever sealed in time!
Assembling the earrings
I get to package them šŸ™‚
From start to finish!

What did you think about seeing this process?! Putting all the photos into this blog helps me truly appreciate the all work that went into this process.

I hope you enjoyed reading it! I am going to launch the earrings tomorrow (12/14) at 1:11 (because why not) on my Instagram. Check my stories! They will be left up for 24 hours and what I don’t sell will be listed on my website. Each pair will be $40 (to be split between both artists) and shipping is $3.00.

Since we just started and are learning the process, we will not be taking special orders. All earring backs are hypoallergenic.

~ Carmen

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September Zoom Workshop https://www.carmencayart.com/september-zoom-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-zoom-workshop Tue, 10 Nov 2020 19:02:32 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=3010 Hi friends,

I am late to the game on this post (since this class was in September) but I just had to share because this is the first one I ever did using Zoom. I also wanted to share some of our setups from all across the East Coast!

My personal setup had lots of light, a salt rock lamp and an essential oils diffuser
Another cozy setup from Chattanooga
A sunny setup in Chicago
Comfy setup from Georgia
This is a shot of a setup in Pennsylvania
Stacks of images from Florida
Another setup from Pennsylvania

Here are some of the cards attendees made during our workshop. Despite our workshop not being in person there was still a sensitivity to the process and a reverence regarding our cards.

Every card has a different meaning and is unique to its creator
C.J.
S.L.
S.L.
S.L.
SoulCollage card in process

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Virtual SoulCollage Class https://www.carmencayart.com/soulcollage-class-september/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soulcollage-class-september Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:34:28 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=2920 Hope is something we could all use right now and one way I think I might be able to bring some hope is teach people how to connect with their inner self through SoulCollage. SoulCollage has been a powerful way for me to explore and heal many parts of myself and I became a Facilitator so I could share the process with you. Keep reading to learn more about my upcoming (virtual) September workshop!

I created this card for my friend, Michael

WORKSHOP TITLE: The Power of Affirmations: Creating the Life You Want

ABOUT SOULCOLLAGE: SoulCollageĀ® is a fun, intuitive art process of that combines the power of Image, Intuition, and Imagination often with profound results. Unlike traditional collage, SoulCollage is used to create your own personal deck of meaningful cards to consult for wisdom, inspiration and guidance whenever you need it. This practice is full of surprise epiphanies and can offer access to inner strengths and wisdom you didnā€™t know you had.

SoulCollageĀ® has become a beloved conduit to my soulā€™s own intuitive guidance along with a source of inspiration, and empowerment. That is why, in 2016, I decided to become a SoulCollageĀ® Facilitator. You can read about previous workshops here: https://www.carmencayart.com/workshops/ You can learn more about SoulCollageĀ® on the website: www.soulcollage.com 

I made this card after spending a fun day with a friend-I Am One Who Celebrates Friendship

ABOUT THIS CLASS: In The Power of Affirmations: Creating the Life You Want workshop, we will use the SoulCollageĀ® process to create visual representations of affirmations. Affirmations will be specific to you and you will have several to chose from (using a list Iā€™ve compiled) or you can create your own. You do not need any previous experience with SoulCollageĀ® to take this class.

In this introductory online workshop, you will:

  • Discover how image, imagination, and intuition work together to give our deepest selves a voice
  • Learn the history of SoulCollageĀ®
  • Learn the basic structure of a SoulCollageĀ® card & deck
  • Learn about the ā€œI Am One Whoā€ processĀ 
  • Begin to create your own deck of personal cards
  • Practice a journaling method to explore your cards messages
  • Co-create in a safe and sacred online space that is welcoming, nourishing, and empowering for all who attend
  • Get a rich collection of SoulCollageĀ® worksheets and related resourcesĀ 

COST: Before the pandemic I charged $45 for workshops. I am offering this virtual workshop on a sliding scale basis because I deeply believe that we all need connection and I know some people could use the break in cost. Fee is $25-40, depending on what you are most comfortable with.

This card represents my dad

Fees are gratefully accepted via Venmo @Carmen-Joyce or if you prefer I can send you an invoice via Square. 

Before the workshop, you will need to gather:

  • Scissors or Exacto blades
  • A glue stick
  • Six 5×7 or 5×8 SoulCollageĀ® cards (from their website), cut mat boards, or even cut to size cereal boxes, watercolor paper, or any other sturdy paper.
  • Whatever magazines, images, colored paper, and collage materials you can find. Make sure you gather several Images of: animals, people and backgrounds (landscapes/cityscapes/oceans, etc.). SoulCollage typically uses images only so there is no need to find text.
  • Box or plastic bin to organize and hold all collected supplies (trust me this will make things easier for you in the end\

FOR PURCHASE (BEFORE WORKSHOP): I have 1/2 inch stacks of curated, unique, pre-trimmed images available for $30 shipped to you. Please message me at least 7 days (or sooner) before the workshop if you’d like to order one.

Once you register, you will receive a welcome letter email from carmencayart@gmail.com and another with the Zoom link and password just prior to the workshop.

See you soon!

~ Carmen

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Blue Buddha https://www.carmencayart.com/blue-buddha/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blue-buddha Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:57:37 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=2857 I am part of a writer’s group in SecondLife (virtual reality) and every week we are asked to think about a series of questions. This past week the question was: Literary/artistic pilgrimages – have you ever visited the site of an artist’s home or studio? Does it make a difference to you to see where and how an artist lived and worked? Has this made its way into your creative work?

One person’s studio that inspired me is the creative soul who trained me to be a SoulCollage Facilitator, Catherine Anderson. I remember walking around her studio taking photos and being inspired by every nook and cranny. There was a labyrinth (she built) behind her studio and the first time I walked it I understood something about my mother (a teen mom) I may have never understood otherwise. Here is one of my favorite images from her inspiring space.

Silent Buddha meditating amidst the books

I was going through some old images recently (attempting to organize) and discovered this one again. I can appreciate the calm stillness of it.

I typically use botanicals to make prints with cyanotype but I wanted to explore the process using photographs I have taken and I decided to start with this image. The following series of photos show my process.

This is the inverted version of the image. I do this in Photoshop.
After printing, I iron the fabric (it’s cotton)
I then place the fabric (rule of thirds) in a bamboo hoop
Now it’s time to decide on colors…red & white
It seemed appropriate to add a red string.
The back before I glue down the edges. I cover the back with thick cardboard.
The final piece!

I hope you like it and liked seeing my process! Stay tuned for more in this series.

I am also working on a virtual class you can learn more about in the upcoming weeks. If interested, save the date and follow me for more info!

Thanks for reading!

~ Carmen

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Art & Anxiety https://www.carmencayart.com/art-anxiety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=art-anxiety Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:46:47 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=2705 Art has always been a way for me to cope with anxiety. It doesn’t take the anxiety away, necessarily, but it does help give me something else to focus on. When my step father died in 2011 I turned to art. It wasn’t really intentional but I spent a lot of time at home alone and isolating and with all the time I had on my hands, I started drawing. The repetitive black and white pen work turned out to be quite therapeutic and with my ADHD superpower “hyperfocus”, I could sit and draw for hours. You can see some of that artwork here.

Anxiety feels like a warped version of myself

People always ask me how I get so much done and while I think hard work and determination play a part in it, I think it’s more likely that anxiety is the biggest culprit. I’ve lived with anxiety my entire life, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) to be exact. Part of that is genetic and the other part is, well, life stuff.

tangled up. uncertain.

Recently though, my anxiety has been much worse. Let me put a trigger warning here-because if experiencing the level of anxiety I am in my life right now, maybe you don’t want to read about it and I totally understand if you want to stop reading and just look at the images.

It’s even difficult for me to write about anxiety because then I am forced to think about it and if you know anything about anxiety it’s LOOP OF MISERY that makes your head spin in circles and it becomes all you think about. I’ve been grateful I have art. Art gives me a voice. Art can help us say the things we don’t know how to say.

I hung this collage up in the window in my bedroom

I didn’t know what I wanted to say with the artwork in this post. I collected the pieces and placed them on my work table. (They’ve been there for about 3 weeks) I’d arrange them and change them around whenever I walked by. I ended up grabbing the ones that really stood out and I took them to my room and hung them up in the window. Since my anxiety has me hiding a lot lately I figured I’d have some time to just watch-to see what they were saying.

transparencies of photographs I took

I love that the images are transparent. You can see my face but it hides behind a tangled up mess of branches. That’s kind of how things feel for me right now. I also try to be transparent in real life because I know I am not alone and somehow it makes all of us feel better when we know that others know how we feel.

final piece- self portrait on fabric

Remembering that nothing lasts forever is an important thing for me right now-and maybe for you, too. Remembering “I can’t but God can”. Reminding myself it’s okay to not be okay and it’s okay if your biggest accomplishment is managing to manage your anxiety for another day.

~ Carmen

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*Art Spark Winner* https://www.carmencayart.com/art-spark-winner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=art-spark-winner Fri, 08 May 2020 04:12:55 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=2481 Art Spark is a program of River City Company in Chattanooga and it covers downtown traffic signal boxes with art designs (printed on vinyl) from area artists. You can read more about other artist designs here. I discovered their “Call For Artists” on social media a few months ago and decided to apply.

Below is the image I sent along with my proposal packet. I knew my final image wouldn’t be the same as this one and if the chose my they’d be taking a big chance since none of us could know what the final design would look like until it was completed.

As part of the proposal packet I had to list previous public art installations I have had…I haven’t had any. I had to give three references…none of mine are in the area.I also had to describe my artwork’s ability to tell a story and explain how my artwork would enhance the quality of the community. I’m not really good at this but I pulled from my previous grant writing experience and did the best I could.

This was a LOT of focused attention (#adhdnightmares) on my part but I did it and I told myself whether I won or not I’d be proud of myself for finishing the packet. Next, I needed to find inspiration for my artwork-in case my artwork is chosen!

Art in Downtown Chattanooga, TN
Hi. My name is. What? My name is. What? My name is…nevermind

The fun part was walking around the city exploring the work of other artists from the first round of utility boxes.

Hi. I’m Batman.
Layers of sediment.
speaks for itself

When I started my walk downtown I knew the nature (no pun intended) of my artwork could bring some joy to the concrete jungle but I still wasn’t sure the purpose or how to make it something relatable.

Nature will always win

But, as usual, I was inspired by what I noticed…plant life popping up everywhere, despite whether there was concrete poured over it or manmade posts in the way. I saw nature prevailing. Unfortunately, urban sprawl can keep us out of touch with nature and research shows that can be detrimental our health in so many ways.

Before…

I couldn’t believe it when I read the email that I was chosen to put my art on one of the utility boxes! Along with this opportunity came a $1,000 grant, which was such a blessing! I hope that my art gives people a pause and reminds people to stop and “smell the roses”.

…and after!

I titled this piece “Urban Growth” and it was the first large format (32X36) cyanotype print I’ve completed. (If you are local and want to check it out it’s on the corner of S. Highlands and Bailey Ave.)

I am grateful for this opportunity because it allowed me to grow in ways I didn’t expect. Before this piece I’d never done a print on such a large scale and since then I have completed two others of the same scale and I am excited to do more! I also decided to split the original image into two framed pieces. I gave one to my awesome realtor as a gift and I’m keeping the other one for myself.

“Urban Growth” Pt. I and II

I will be making cards with this print on it in the future. I have to design special text for the back (per the contract) that tells about the art being part of a larger project. If you want to check out the new stuff I’ve added to my website click HERE.

* If you are interested in purchasing any cards message me privately and I can send you photos. I have a LOT of new cards (handmade and printed) and haven’t had the chance to post them on my site yet.

Thank you for reading!

~ Carmen

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These Hands https://www.carmencayart.com/these-hands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=these-hands Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:18:54 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=2397 I think a lot about hands. My hands, your hands…animal “hands”. What would we do without them?

My gramma was born without a hand. Actually, her left arm ends at her elbow. It’s a genetic defect but when I was a teenager I remember asking her “Gramma, was great gramma on drugs when she had you?” She laughed and told me no. Oh goodness if you knew my sweet great gramma you’d laugh out loud. Her name was Emma and here she is with my great grandfather.

My great grandmother and grandfather

My grandmother is a mother of five. She is a retired English Teacher, Professor, and Volleyball Coach! She did her best not to allow her physical limitations limit her.

Hands.

cyanotype and botanicals ready for the sunshine

Hands entwine with other hands. Hands hold babies, puppies, and other things we love. Hands make the things our minds come up with. We use our hands to build and to make-and even grow-the food that sustains us. We raise our hands when we have something to say. Hands are typing this right now.

processing time was around 3 hours

Lending a helping hand, being in good hands, walking hand in hand, in loving hands, getting your hands dirty, putting your life in someone else’s hands…we have a lot of sayings about hands. We clap with our hands. We create with our hands. We hurt others with our hands. We use them for protection.

cyanotype ready for wash
cyanotype hands hanging out to dry

Let’s not take them for granted.

“These Hands” stickers
(on sale at my website-link below)

Click HERE to see the stickers on my website $4 each, printed on vinyl

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Cyanotype Workshop Jax https://www.carmencayart.com/cyanotype-workshop-jax/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyanotype-workshop-jax Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:29:40 +0000 https://www.carmencayart.com/?p=2043 I had the opportunity to teach a cyanotype workshop this month in Jacksonville, FL at CultivateJax. First let me say that Cultivate is an absolutely inspiring and welcoming space and if you are in Jacksonville you must visit!

Cultivate Jax | January 2020
Image Credit @carmencayart

Secondly, this was a super short trip but this was my first time being back in Jacksonville since moving to Chattanooga and I had such a great time seeing friends and eating at some of my favorite restaurants! I’ll definately be back for another workshop and if you want to be informed about future workshops sign up for blog updates here.

The clouds didn’t cooperate much the day of our workshop but the (pouring down) rain stayed away and we were able to walk to the community garden and collect and ID some plant species on our way. Some of the photos I took that day will tell the story better than I could…

A collection of various species from our Discovery Walk
Image Credit @carmencayart | 2020
Deciding what to create next
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Cyanotype artwork arranged and processing in the sun
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Artwork processing without glass covering. This can create an interesting final print!
Image Credit @carmencayart | 2020
Hanging our cyanotypes up to dry inside
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We used wax boxes to catch any drips from drying pages
Image Credit @carmencayart | 2020
Artwork bathing in water in the sink
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Beautifully pressed flowers someone brought from their yard
Image Credit @carmencayart | 2020
The cyanotype process is unpredictable.
This process is a fun way to “let go” of perfectionism and learn to go with the flow.
Image Credit @carmencayart | 2020

Literally the moment I started pull away from Cultivate (after packing my car with the help from two friends that stayed behind to help me <3) the rain started pouring down! I had a wonderful time teaching others about the cyanotype process. I truly hope everyone left feeling curious and inspired!

~ Carmen

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