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Art Grows on Trees
Last Saturday Station Approach in Walthamstow was blooming art! Members of the Waltham Forest Arts Club hung original pieces in the trees lining Station Approach for the public to pick and take home for free.
The sun was shinning, the market bustling and I have to confess I picked pieces for myself before hanging any! If you missed this event, do not worry as it is happening again this Saturday 10th September 2011 from 9.30am.
Go on, pick’em!
My snakes, buddleia and forest climbing a tree!
EDGE no 3
The 3rd image in the series shows Anna Alcock pregnant with her second child.
During the shoot Anna’a daughter came into the kitchen and said she was hungry, Anna reached for an apple and I knew that was the shot! For this print I created a paper negative in Adobe Photoshop, enlarged it to size on a photocopier then printed chemically in the darkroom. During the chemical development stage the print was solarized by exposing it to light. This creates the velvet texture and metallic sheen on the skin.
more from EDGE
This is the second image form the series showing in EDGE as part of the E17 Art Trail 2011. (First print in post below)
For this image I enlarged a Victorian lantern slide, part of a set of 3; creating a negative image. This was combined with a paper negative showing my hand holding holding a mystery object created using a scanner. This image plays with positive and negative and its connotations.
Image 3 to follow…
EDGE
Well the E17 Art Trail is well and truly under way! The launch last night at Vestry House was full of familiar faces -great to catch up while looking at new work. Would recommend The Ten Commandments by Lorraine and Roger Huddle; Sculpture by Steve Scullion and Recent Works by Jason Hawkridge.
This year I am participating in EDGE at Inky Cuttlefish along with Anna Alcock, Kirsten Schmidt and Ester Neslen. I am showing new darkroom work exploring the symbolism of snakes and new pinhole prints.
The image above is the first in the series. The main image is a vintage glass plate negative, around 5×4″ in size, that I have enlarged. The neg is from around 1900 and has slight damage to the surface, however think this adds to the image hinting at the process and also demonstrating a fragility which is appropriate to this work. The snake is a small toy placed directly onto the paper while exposing the print. The whole print was then solarized to create a metallic sheen to the skin.
I can honestly say I felt a shiver when it was developed!
More to follow…
Cyanotype Tests- hoping for sun!
This summer I am planning to continue my cyanotype tests using paper coated with a home mixed light sensitive solution based on John Herschel’s formula
‘The cyanotype process for making prints was invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842 and came from his discovery of the light sensitivity of iron salts. A sheet of paper was brushed with iron salt solutions and dried in the dark. The object to be reproduced – a plant specimen, a drawing or a negative – was then placed on the sheet in direct sunlight. After about 15 minutes a white impression of the subject formed on a blue background. The paper was then washed in water where oxidation produced the brilliant blue – or cyan – that gave the process its name.’
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/processframe.php?processid=pr012
This is a test from earlier this year- as this process can take up to an hour in direct sun I am now hoping for the British weather to sort its self out so I can continue!!
In Rachel’s Darkroom
Working in the darkroom during World Wide Pinhole Photography Day 2011
preparing the camera under safelights
waiting for the image ...
Ready, steady PINHOLE!
Ready for the off! The Victorian Teapot cam, The Stella ceramic cam, a ply kit cam, the Retro Teapot cam, the Victorian Sewing Box cam and the Zero 5×4″
World Wide Pinhole day at Rachel’s Darkroom, Inky Cuttlefish
Fantastic weather! Strange cameras – well mine at least! Pinhole-tastic!
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