Some things change, some things don’t
Around 18 years between these two photos. Left 2022, right 2004 (ish), a total lifetime of changes and experiences between the two for me personally. For the building .... not so much .... and the graffiti is still pretty shite lol.
Meh, nothings perfect….
Been working on this one for a while, not perfect but I don't think it ever would be ... so here it is.
Cliche Verre print created from a 4x5" colour negative exposed directly to three layered plates
Cosmic….
Was messing about in the darkroom on Tuesday and ended up with this. I have no idea what I was going for just wanted to try a few things out that had been on my mind. It has a definite cosmic vibe, and a world within the shattered void comes to mind.
4x5" Colour negative, alcohol, india ink, and agate slice exposed via micro explosion
Get on with it…..
Of two minds today, one saying "get writing about the work, say stuff, important stuff, but in 200 words or less cause thats the rules for this one" Other mind "Just shut up and make something"
Think I am going to go with the second mind.
Cliche Verre print created from a 4x5" colour negative exposed directly to three layered plates
Quiet time…
Managed to get back to Street Level Photoworks for a quieter view of the 2022 open. It was great to just take my time and take it all in, and there is allot to take in. Here is my work along with several other amazing artist photographers.
The good and the bad….
It has taken the good, the bad and the ugly events in your life to get you where you are today. Then you have to rethink it, relive it and re imagine it. To get it into a shape or form that you can then print.
Cliche Verre print created from a 4x5" colour negative exposed directly to three layered plates
Remember, Remember….. Go to the show!
Happy to say I will have a couple images on display at the annual Street Level Photoworks show along with many other amazing artists and photographers.
Vintage memories part …. whatever
More along the lines of the previous "vintage memories" works. A combination of collage and cliche verre.
Cliche Verre style print created from a 4x5" colour negative exposed directly to three layered plates.
Stuff in the works …
Happy to say that I have had two works accepted into Street Level Photoworks annual show which will be on display towards the end of this month. No spoilers though, so here is something new and completely different.
Cliche Verre style print created from a 4x5" colour negative exposed directly to three layered plates
Memories….
Vintage memories and genetic decay ....
Cliche Verre style print created from a 4x5" colour negative exposed directly to three layered plates.
Are we now?
I suppose "We are all cosmic decay" is far less comforting and poetic ....
Cliche Verre Print - 4x5" Colour negative directly exposed to a plate consisting of Carbon, alcohol, ink, engraving and film
Burn out, or fade away…
Sooner or later, you burn out and go dry....
Cliche Verre/Sun Print - Fomapan Fiber Glossy Paper exposed to a plate consisting of Carbon, alcohol, ink, engraving and film
After a while, you won’t even notice anymore ….
Perhaps all you are is hidden in your code ....
Cliche Verre/Sun Print - Fomapan Fiber Glossy Paper exposed to a plate consisting of Carbon, alcohol, ink, engraving and film
With a terrible gnawing, screeching sound ….
And so the cogs of my mind grind on .... and on.....
Cliche Verre/Sun Print - Ilford Fiber Glossy Paper exposed to a plate consisting of Carbon, alcohol, ink, engraving and film
Its Genetic ……
Genetics is an interesting subject, microscopic sequences that have portions of your past, present, future, curses and blessings all in one tidy package .....
Cliche Verre/Sun Print - Ilford Fiber Glossy Paper exposed to a plate consisting of Carbon, alcohol, ink, engraving and film
Vintage Doppelganger
So the show ended last week and wen't great. Now back to new work and preparing for another show in the near future of work in Progress.
This one isn't the strongest but its a good example of many layers using different techniques. A solar print created using a bit of collage, cliche verre and a few other things. The portrait is actually a vintage photograph from over 100 years ago, I found it interesting because he looked so much like me with my hair style from 30 years ago lol.
Cliche Verre/Sun Print - Ilford Fiber Glossy Paper exposed to a plate consisting of Carbon, alcohol, ink, engraving vintage photograph and film
Never enough….
There never seems to be enough hours in the day and there is no rest for the wicked! Between family, school (started back in August this time in mechanical engineering) and work there has been precious minutes left for art. However thats ok, being busy is good, although tiring, it is only temporary and schedules change. I will hopefully be posting finalised dates and creating an event for the opening of my solo show in Glasgow tomorrow (which is just over two weeks away!) In the meantime here is a somewhat new image.
Cliche Verre/Sun Print - Fomapan Fiber Glossy Paper exposed to a plate consisting of Carbon, alcohol, ink, engraving and film and then scanned.
Solo show in Glasgow!
Very happy to announce that I will be having a solo show of my project Uncontrolled Abstraction: The Elements middle of next month (February) at the amazing @salt_spacecoop in Glasgow! exact times and opening date to be announced!
The devils in the detail …..
There are allot of recurring themes in this new body of work, some are very literal and pictorial and others are completely abstract and paradoxical. I spend allot of time thinking about the concept of each project but the image always takes precedent and most of the time the concept comes after the image. I have an idea of what I wan't to make and depict and then I mould those images into a concept or idea or thought I wan't to convey. For myself I guess it is more matter over mind or maybe even substance theory ......
Cliche Verre / sun print - 5x7" b&w fibre paper exposed to a plate and then scanned.
New year, new work and all that jazz…
So here we are now in 2022, remember when it was a pain at the new year because you would always write the wrong dates on your checks? Anyways, new year, new work and all that jazz. The images I will be posting are all experiments with colour film and paper and colour images using B&W paper. All are analogue and have a twist of digital as well. I will get into the subject matter later on as it is a pretty loaded subject.
This one was created using a form of Cliche Verre and sun printing techniques. The photographic paper was then scanned as colour and thats why you get some pretty strange and interesting colour shifts.