Telling desert stories with cyanotype / by Dani Dodge

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Last month’s activation brought out desert explorers who created rich images using an ancient photographic process called cyanotype. At Sunday’s activation, we will use watercolor crayons to paint vivid pictures!

Please join us from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept 8, 2019 at the Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center!

In the meantime, let me tell you about the fun we had last month.

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First, participants gathered materials from the desert floor or the Interpretive Center. Those items were placed onto photographic paper and put into the sun. After about 14 minutes, the items were removed and the paper was rinsed and left to dry.

Afterwards, we had incredible photographic memories of the day!

I look forward to seeing you all Sunday.

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