Terra Pace working with her art.
Artist Terra Pace has found magic in an unusual medium, capturing the beauty of the natural world through a process called cyanotype. Photo: Anna Chapman
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Ten Cent Pistil: DIY Festival Artisan

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July 31, 2024

Arts

The 16th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons will feature over 500 local creatives this year, from artisans, vintage vendors and craft foodies to youth entrepreneurs, STEM exhibitors and performers. Get a taste of what’s coming to the Utah State Fairpark this August in the following pages and get tickets to experience it yourself at craftlakecity.com. With a dog park, VIP lounge, a national headlining musician and brand-new DIY Fest After Dark programming, this year’s festival is not to be missed!

Terra Pace, owner of Ten Cent Pistil, is a cyanotype photographer whose work is inspired by folk art and nature. Cyanotype photography is not like polaroid or film, as it is made without the use of a camera. The scientific difference is that cyanotype photos are made using light-sensitive iron salts, while traditional photos are made using light-sensitive silver salts.

Pace’s inspiration for her craft comes from the connection of humanity to earth. “I think that nature has always been and always will be something that people connect with in such a beautiful way. Making botanical prints with pressed flowers, stencils and photo negatives is just one of the ways I maintain that personal connection,” she says.

Terra Pace holding a piece of her work.
Pace’s work is a constant creative interaction with the natural world, representing nature through camera-less photography. Photo: Anna Chapman

Unlike many other art forms, pattern and color are irrelevant to the creative process of a cyanotype. Because of this, intriguing shapes and sizes of natural material are what Pace has an eye for. She became partial to cyanotypes after using a starting kit to capture tomato stems and wildflowers, which drew her to the simplistic magic of the art. “I felt like a lot of ideas I had swirling around in my mind finally had a place to land,” says Pace.

After going to the DIY Fest as an attendee for over a decade, Pace is most looking forward to connecting with people over local art and sharing her own work, as this year’s festival marks one of her first-ever markets as a vendor! Keep up with Pace and her art through her Instagram @10centpistil and at her DIY Fest booth this year!

Read about vendors from past DIY Fests here:
FUNKXXN: DIY Festival Vintage Vendor 
Amrita Honey: DIY Festival Kid Row