Colorado Alpine Flower Three colorado It was such a whirlwind

It was such a whirlwind as we jumped from activities to meals to hikes

I created two printing plates with raised textured circles using carborundum powder

matted and framed under glass

I received this colorful bouquet for my birthday

as well as their value in providing food and habitat for wildlife

Colorado Alpine Flower Three colorado It was such a whirlwindCyanotype on watercolor paper 10 x 8 on paper, surrounded with white 14 x 11 acid free mat board. Alpine Flower One is an original cyanotype on archival watercolor paper. These hardy perennials grow in my Colorado high alpine garden. I love them both for their cone shaped flowers that turn into hundreds of little seeds at the season's end. The deer hate them, so they don't eat them either, another plus! Cyanotypes are one of photographys oldest