American cowgirl seeks French teddybear Photograph

The cyanotype process, a photographic process introduced and widely used in the mid 19th century results in blue-colored prints. It was frequently used to make photograms - camera-less photographs generated by placing objects directly on the photo-sensitive paper while exposing it to sunlight. The "Fashion fantasy" series of cyanotype prints is part of the artist's exploration of the relationship between digital and analog media and the creation of art that repeatedly crosses the line between the two. The project's basis consists of several of the artist's photographs that are digitally merged into new, layered images of her creation, carefully selecting bits and pieces of each photograph to incorporate. The images used are photographs of shop windows in London, New York and Paris blended with objects captured around the world, illustrating how the beauty of fashion blends seamlessly with that of other items that have a beauty of their own. Negatives the size of the final print are created from digital files and used to produce handmade cyanotype prints where the emulsion is hand-painted on handmade, cotton artists' paper. In this project, the artist exposes the negative in combination with pieces of fabric to create a mixed effect, generating one-of-a-kind prints that are a combination of photographic prints and photograms. The unique original is a handmade cyanotype print on artisan watercolor paper. A limited edition series of 10 giclée prints on archival quality, matte fine art paper is also available on my website. These prints are signed and numbered by the artist.