On the “City Lights” series “Speaking of Art,” local artists share insights into their influences, processes, and experiences in town. This edition features quilter and photographer Myrtie Cope. “My primary art is photography.
I create my photographs digitally, but I also like to work with cyanotypes and encaustics,” Cope said. “My favorite subjects to shoot are nature, landscape and architecture.”
Cope likes to combine her photography and sewing by using cyanotype-treated fabrics to create quilts, and she has recently started embroidering her photographs.
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