Photo experiment scans.

This is one of my favorites because it looks like fire. More over at my flickr.

Experiments.

This looks like a big mess, doesn't it? Well, at the moment, it sort of is. I have all of these photos laid out on newspaper drying on my kitchen table and on top of the refrigerator (let's hope my roommate doesn't hate me when she gets home).

Over the summer, M's air conditioner sprung a leak or something like that, causing water to drip onto some of his things, including a box of photos. He didn't realize this immediately, and by the time he did, the photos were wet and sticking together. When he began peeling them apart so they could dry, the coolest thing happened -- the colors separated into reds and blues, and images were "stuck" to the backs of other photos. I thought this looked really neat, and wanted to try replicating the effect.

Weeks later, I finally got around to digging through some old photos of mine, and made a pile of duplicates and ones that I didn't like very much. I put them in a large cooking pot and covered them with water. For a couple of days, nothing happened. They were just sitting in the water, not sticking together or doing anything interesting. I took them out, wrapped the pile in a paper towel, and put them back in water. I left them there for 4-5(?) days, checking on them every day for progress, and took them out to dry today, after the water had completely evaporated and the paper towel turned purple. Images didn't really transfer to the backs of other photos (with the exception of two), and instead of reds and blues, I have mostly yellows and purples, but I think this is because most of the photos were black and white. I'll be sure to scan some once they dry out so you can see the detail!

Failed project, 1.

It happens sometimes.

Collapse.

Here's a feather scan. The others are at my flickr.

Piles.

If I need to email you back, that will be happening this weekend.

I'm also going to attempt to scan all of these feathers. Each one is different colours.

Yay?

So here is my tree - it didn't turn out exactly how I envisioned (I'm good at drawing, not painting, and I don't ever do things on such a large scale), but overall I'm happy with it. It was my Thanksgiving project - I finished it up today. And my room is a mess.. ignore that part.



But I need a little help! I want to put some origami flowers on the wall too around the branches, but I can't find a decent pattern. Ideally, I want something like this:



But maybe those are just doilies? I can't tell. If the flower idea fails, I'm just going to tack some paper cranes to the wall/hang some from the ceiling.

Here's another pic, sans-couch. Yes, the ugly walls really do change colour depending on lighting.

Harvest Magazine launch party

I won't be there, obviously, but..



Dig into the Spring/Summer edition and you’ll find:

CARO COOPER on speaking in literary tongues
JOEL MAGAREY on loss, memory and salvation in New York
ELIZABETH BRYER on love, melancholia and happy endings in Peru
Feature poet TESS KERBEL, with an introduction to her work by GEOFF LEMON
ANDRE DAO on the past, failing relationships and metamorphosis
HOLLY HUTCHINSON on the rarefied world of Eton College
AMY JACKSON on childhood and the perils of strangers
NYGHIEM TRAN on storytelling, family history and leaving post-war Vietnam
SUZANNE J. WILLIS on dreams lost and found at points beyond the compass
PATRICK CULLEN on tragedy, kindness and community in Newcastle
Poems from ANNE M. CARSON, SHANE McCAULEY and PAUL MITCHELL

Art from Australian artists LUCI EVERETT, SHAWN LU, CARLIE JENNINGS and IMOGEN STUBBS. And art from international artists FRÈDÈRIC VERHELST, ANDE COOK, SHELBY HEALY, BARRETT COOK, CASSANDRA WARREN, MEREDITH TINGSTAD, SUSANA RAAB, SARAH BERNHARDT, ELSA MORA and STEPHANIE TOPPIN.

Test your skills in literary recognition with GUESS WHOM?
Poets SU LYNN CHEAH, MICHAEL CRANE, JONATHAN SHAW and NATHAN CURNOW evoke place and space.

And acclaimed author ANYA ULINICH shares her thoughts on Russians, fur hats and the perils of being a first-time author.

In which we begin to unfold.

This took a while because everything is tiny & detailed. There's some things that probably wouldn't be noticed on the first glance. Like:

(It's hard to tell, but this is gold thread sewn around the word.)

Air & light.

My camera doesn't like to take good pictures and my scanner is old/half-dead, so here is a badly pieced together scan of the biggest show piece.. and since both of these images are pretty large, I'm going to do something different this time and upload them to blogger. Click to see the larger versions.





I am so tired. :(

Final DOOM scans.

This first one is definitely my least favourite of the three.
(Oh, and the scans don't show the colours 100% accurately. Surprise, surprise.)


"Go just so."


"And then we're going on a vacation."


"The world safe for war."

Fun fact: The titles are pulled out of lines on the opposite sides of the pages.

All of these will be for sale through the gallery, and I'll give you guys the info for that as soon as I know. If you're in the area you should come to the show. I know I'm getting to meet two of you there, which to be honest, is a little intimidating! I hope you both understand that I am incredibly shy and awkward in person. ;)

DOOM
Friday, January 11th @ ellO
110 State St., Portsmouth, NH
6-9pm!