Art made from ashes of state’s largest wildfire auctioned off to support first responders
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Cameron Peak fire, west of Fort Collins, became the largest fire in Colorado's history last summer.
It took 112 days before the fire became 100% contained. While the flames may be out, the destruction and ashes remain. However, a Northern Colorado man is turning some of those ashes into art.
Tim O'Hara and Lori Joseph founded the Ashes to Art Project in 2012 as a way for the creative community to support the first responders battling wildfires across Colorado.
Nearly a year since the devastating Cameron Peak fire, O'Hara's garage is filled with paintings, sculptures, drawings, and pieces of jewelry created from the ashes.