Wings & Snow

Flock Together

Flock Together will be held from December 6, 2024 – January 31, 2025, with a public reception on December 6 from 5-7:30PM. The show features bird mosaics, woodland animal paintings, mixed-media winter silhouette paintings, cyanotype feather prints, and a collection of handmade ornaments by the artists of Sophie’s Gallery. We invite the public to come together with our artists to celebrate the variety and diversity of nature this holiday season!

Our artists have been exploring cyanotypes, a process invented in 1842 for reproducing technical drawings called blueprints. They have created prints and products on sensitized paper, wood, and cloth such as handkerchiefs, prints, greeting cards, tote-bags, and key chains. For Wings and Snow, Cyanotype feather prints were made by placing feathers on sensitized paper and then exposing the paper to UV light in a darkroom. Areas unprotected by the feather turn blue and the area that was covered by the feather remains white or a light blue. A local falconer donated the exotic feathers, which are considered domestic and are approved for collecting and art.

When: Friday, December 6th, 2024

Where:  Sophie’s Art Gallery-Gift Shop

140 E Main St, El Cajon, CA 92020