6/28/2012 Proof of Life, tintype portraiturePlease save the date for August 25th. I am grateful to share my tintype portraiture with JDC fine art. The show will run August 3 - October 31, 2012. The opening reception will be held on August 25th from 5 - 7:30 pm. The press release is attached below!
6/26/2012 Dinosaur tintypeThis image is the end result of a 'you build it' dinosaur bones kit. First the dino bones, uh little wood pieces :), were fitted together. Then he was all ready for his tintype portrait. I plated this image to brown aluminum to warm up those brittle dino bones. Just for fun! Happy Tuesday!
6/12/2012 Blue OrchidYesterday's plating resulted in a few tintypes of an orchid I got as a gift a few weeks ago. I'm the worst with plants. I have an "everyone gets hit with the hose" philosophy of watering the plants in my garden. So the likely hood that this dear orchid will survive in my hands for very long is quite slim. Luckily this version will last forever! This plate was made with blue aluminum and exposed in camera to create an 8x10 tintype. 6/4/2012 Eat blueberries, a tintype seriesThis group of tintypes are a part of a larger mosaic piece entitled eat blueberries. The individual tintypes measure 5"x7".
5/31/2012 Eat grapes, a tintype seriesThese tintypes are a part of a larger mosaic piece entitled 'eat grapes'. Each individual tintype is 5"x7".
5/21/2012 Mini Tini, a tintype workshopRegistration is limited to eight participants. You can reserve your workshop by clicking thru to the attached link: click here to register We will be shooting outdoors using both natural lighting and strobes. Modified toy cameras are provided for shared use. For more independent shooting, participants are encouraged to bring their own Diana Mini camera and tripod to the class. Participants can expect to make and varnish their own tintypes to take home that same day! 10/21/2011 Ghost town, a series of 13 photographs and 6 tintypes. Showing October 1 - 31 st at the Glashaus.A California gold mining town preserved in it’s state of decay, a walk thru Bodie feels like a walk thru the past. Interiors of this once thriving town are left as they were by those that last lived inside the walls, leaving subtle signs of the distress on scene before one must have been forced to flee the violence of a town ripe with gold. You can view these 13 ghost town images and 6 tintype photoboxes thru October 31st in the Glashaus main space. Open studio hours on Saturday from 10-3. “Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. Visitors can walk down the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of nearly 10,000 people. The town is named for Waterman S. Body (William Bodey), who had discovered small amounts of gold in hills north of Mono Lake. In 1875, a mine cave-in revealed pay dirt, which led to purchase of the mine by the Standard Company in 1877. People flocked to Bodie and transformed it from a town of a few dozen to a boom town. Designated as a National Historic Site and a State Historic Park in 1962” http://parks.ca.gov |