0 comment Saturday, May 31, 2014 | admin
I have always wondered whether bubbles can exist in freezing temperatures, and I now have the answer.
Coupe says of his work:
"This image was taken in winter time in a arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures where below -30 degrees Celsius yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters." source.
Emmanuel Coupe is an outdoor photographer, and his website explores many regions around the world. The Canada Winter album has some fabulous photographs of ice formations.
Coupe says of his work:
"This image was taken in winter time in a arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures where below -30 degrees Celsius yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters." source.
Emmanuel Coupe is an outdoor photographer, and his website explores many regions around the world. The Canada Winter album has some fabulous photographs of ice formations.
Labels: Abstract, Bubbles, Can Bubbles Freeze, Emmanuel Coupe, Formations, Ice, Nature, Outdoor, Photography
0 comment Thursday, May 29, 2014 | admin
Ihave been visiting the Fred Aldous shop in Manchester for years, as it is a usefulresource for any art student. The shop seems to shift every time thatI visit, and since coming back from studying in Leeds, I noticed thata new floor has been utilised for laser cutting and photographystudios.
In university, I was able to use the laser-cutting machine at Leeds College Of Art. I was assisted by workshop technicians, and the machine was quite an old model. My experience of using the Fred Aldous laser cutting machine was much better. I was taught to process my designs on the computer and then taught how to operate the new machine. After I took down instructions, I was then left to my own devices which meant I felt confident about cutting all of my designs on my own.I wanted to use special coloured acrylic mirror for my designs, so I had to source those myself. I purchased my 3mm acrylic sheet from the Sheet Plastics shop on ebay. Thanks to my visit to the laser-cutting studio at Fred Aldous, I now feel confident about seeing my designs through from start to finish. This kind of freedom as a young artist is invaluable.
My designs, laser-cut and photographed in the studios at Fred Aldous.
You can buy my designs at the Folksy shop Ethyl.
For the past 3 months, I have been the Artist In Residence at Nexus Art Cafe and I was given a studio to work in. I must admit, I found it a little difficult to create decent work without all the facilities that an art college provides, so having access to the photography studios in Fred Aldous was really useful.
I arrived at the photography studio with objects to photograph and was provided with lighting, a wide choice of cameras and an experienced photographer to help me with my ideas. On my day in the studio, I wanted to photograph the colours and shapes inside a soap film, and I was provided with some great tips to help me.
Soap film, photographed at the Fred Aldous photography studio.
Overall, I think the studios at Fred Aldous are a great resource to any artist and designer that wants to produce professional looking work for little cost.
In university, I was able to use the laser-cutting machine at Leeds College Of Art. I was assisted by workshop technicians, and the machine was quite an old model. My experience of using the Fred Aldous laser cutting machine was much better. I was taught to process my designs on the computer and then taught how to operate the new machine. After I took down instructions, I was then left to my own devices which meant I felt confident about cutting all of my designs on my own.I wanted to use special coloured acrylic mirror for my designs, so I had to source those myself. I purchased my 3mm acrylic sheet from the Sheet Plastics shop on ebay. Thanks to my visit to the laser-cutting studio at Fred Aldous, I now feel confident about seeing my designs through from start to finish. This kind of freedom as a young artist is invaluable.
My designs, laser-cut and photographed in the studios at Fred Aldous.
You can buy my designs at the Folksy shop Ethyl.
For the past 3 months, I have been the Artist In Residence at Nexus Art Cafe and I was given a studio to work in. I must admit, I found it a little difficult to create decent work without all the facilities that an art college provides, so having access to the photography studios in Fred Aldous was really useful.
I arrived at the photography studio with objects to photograph and was provided with lighting, a wide choice of cameras and an experienced photographer to help me with my ideas. On my day in the studio, I wanted to photograph the colours and shapes inside a soap film, and I was provided with some great tips to help me.
Soap film, photographed at the Fred Aldous photography studio.Overall, I think the studios at Fred Aldous are a great resource to any artist and designer that wants to produce professional looking work for little cost.
Labels: Cut, Fred Aldous, Laser, Manchester, Nexus Art Cafe, Photography, Soap Film
0 comment Tuesday, May 27, 2014 | admin
A beautiful set of images from Platinum Image Conception studios.Labels: Candle, Fire, If Fire Were Water, Lighter, Liquid Sculpture, Match, Photography, Water, Water Drop Art
0 comment Monday, May 26, 2014 | admin
A few months ago, I made a post explaining how thinking about eternity gave me panic attacks.
I was comforted by Bill Brysons' idea of a "finite yet boundless" universe as opposed to the idea of the universe as an ever-expanding bubble.
I was inspired when I came across Markus Spiering's photo-set on Flickr, as he has featured photographs based around the concept of "Lift Infinity".
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There is certainly something interesting about a four sided mirrored box reflecting inwards, a new way of thinking about a finite, boundless form.
I was comforted by Bill Brysons' idea of a "finite yet boundless" universe as opposed to the idea of the universe as an ever-expanding bubble.
I was inspired when I came across Markus Spiering's photo-set on Flickr, as he has featured photographs based around the concept of "Lift Infinity".
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There is certainly something interesting about a four sided mirrored box reflecting inwards, a new way of thinking about a finite, boundless form.
Labels: Eternity, Flickr, Infinity, Lift, Markus Spiering, Photography
0 comment Thursday, May 22, 2014 | admin
Joseph Murawski has a great set of photographs on flickr named "Life Is Toxic & Beautiful".
The photographs seem both bodily and cosmic, all at once.
Personally, these photographs remind me of "Wreaths To Pleasure" by the artist Helen Chadwick, in which real flowers are set in toxic domestic fluids.
The photographs seem both bodily and cosmic, all at once.
Personally, these photographs remind me of "Wreaths To Pleasure" by the artist Helen Chadwick, in which real flowers are set in toxic domestic fluids.
Labels: Helen Chadwick, Joseph Murawski, Photography, Wreaths To Pleasure
0 comment Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | admin
I stumbled across the artist Pery Burge on Alicia Talikowska's Tumblr page.
Pery Burge takes macro photographs of ink and produces absolutely stunning results.
"I Looked In To The Time Vortex"
"Cellular Cosmos"
"Apples And Bubbles"
"Solar Echoes"
"Marble Bubbles"
"Time Portal"
"Yellow Meander"
The colours and abstract flourishes are visually striking and the artist has added names to the pictures to create a whole new dimension of imagination.
For example, the name "Yellow Meander" turns the marbling ink pattern into a strange, beautifully coloured landscape. Different processes create new formations, similar to formations we see in the natural world.
However, the nature of the process adds another layer of interest, at first glance, these images could be finely layered abstract paintings. However, as these are macro photographs of ink in movement, it is unlikely you will ever get the composition exactly the same, ever again.
Each photograph is a moment, never to be captured exactly as before.
The spirit of experimentation in this way, is something that is very much in keeping with this blog. Artists and scientists are both keen experimenters.
Nice work, Pery!
Pery Burge takes macro photographs of ink and produces absolutely stunning results.
"I Looked In To The Time Vortex"
"Cellular Cosmos"
"Apples And Bubbles"
"Solar Echoes"
"Marble Bubbles"
"Time Portal""Yellow Meander"
The colours and abstract flourishes are visually striking and the artist has added names to the pictures to create a whole new dimension of imagination.
For example, the name "Yellow Meander" turns the marbling ink pattern into a strange, beautifully coloured landscape. Different processes create new formations, similar to formations we see in the natural world.
However, the nature of the process adds another layer of interest, at first glance, these images could be finely layered abstract paintings. However, as these are macro photographs of ink in movement, it is unlikely you will ever get the composition exactly the same, ever again.
Each photograph is a moment, never to be captured exactly as before.
The spirit of experimentation in this way, is something that is very much in keeping with this blog. Artists and scientists are both keen experimenters.
Nice work, Pery!
Labels: Artist, Ink, Pery Burge, Photography, Physics
0 comment Saturday, April 26, 2014 | admin
So, I am just about to sign off all of my work for my third and final year studying BA Fine Art at Leeds College Of Art. My deadline is Monday, so I have just finished installing my work for the degree show! Our degree show will also be travelling to Free Range at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane.
Here is the work I am exhibiting:
The image was made when I captured a bubble on photo-sensitive paper and exposed it for two seconds. This is my favourite image from lots of bubble related experiments, as it looks deceptively like a gaseous planet.
To display the image, I decided to construct a large circular perspex frame similar to that of Nebula by Helen Chadwick as I thought it would be suitable for my own work.
Here is the work I am exhibiting:
The image was made when I captured a bubble on photo-sensitive paper and exposed it for two seconds. This is my favourite image from lots of bubble related experiments, as it looks deceptively like a gaseous planet.
To display the image, I decided to construct a large circular perspex frame similar to that of Nebula by Helen Chadwick as I thought it would be suitable for my own work.
Labels: Acrylic, Bubbles, Degree Show, Gaseous, Greyscale, Lunar, Melanie K, Monochrome, Moon, Perspex, Photograms, Photography, Planet
0 comment Monday, April 21, 2014 | admin
During October 2010 and February 2011, The V & A museum in London hosted an exhibition of experimental photograms. The exhibition was named Shadow Catchers, and was dedicated to camera-less photography.
I had stumbled upon Floris Neusüss and his thunderstorm print on tumblr, and was excited to find out more.
This piece of light-sensitive paper was left in a garden overnight, during a thunderstorm. You can physically see the chaos of natural forces playing out over the print.
My favourite artist from this exhibition, was Susan Derges. Derges had a similar approach to Neusüss, by leaving a piece of light sensitive paper between layers of ice.
However, Derges also made some intriguing photograms of tadpoles in a glass jar over varying points in their lifespan.
To an unsuspecting viewer, the glass jar could be a petri dish, and the light source could be from the base of a microscope.
This "chemigram" by Pierre Cordier has been described as being like "a nucleus of energy before the Big Bang". This is because the print is deliciously ambiguous, it could just as easily be viewed as a microbe as it could a giant volatile planet.
Garry Fabian Miller's work seems very astrological on outset.
This digital print, named "The Night Cell", could be a photograph of the night sky, as viewed through a telescope, however Fabian Miller's work is actually the result of many controlled experiments and sequences.
This exhibition has greatly inspired my own work, as between the collection of artists, there is a relationship between chaos and order. Neusüss and Derges allow the elements to decide when and where light can touch the paper, whereas Garry Fabian Miller produces many prints, tweaking a tried and tested method each time, with much more of a handle on the final outcome.
You can view many more pictures, and find out much more about the Shadow Catchers exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum website.
I had stumbled upon Floris Neusüss and his thunderstorm print on tumblr, and was excited to find out more.
This piece of light-sensitive paper was left in a garden overnight, during a thunderstorm. You can physically see the chaos of natural forces playing out over the print.My favourite artist from this exhibition, was Susan Derges. Derges had a similar approach to Neusüss, by leaving a piece of light sensitive paper between layers of ice.
However, Derges also made some intriguing photograms of tadpoles in a glass jar over varying points in their lifespan.To an unsuspecting viewer, the glass jar could be a petri dish, and the light source could be from the base of a microscope.
This "chemigram" by Pierre Cordier has been described as being like "a nucleus of energy before the Big Bang". This is because the print is deliciously ambiguous, it could just as easily be viewed as a microbe as it could a giant volatile planet.
Garry Fabian Miller's work seems very astrological on outset.
This digital print, named "The Night Cell", could be a photograph of the night sky, as viewed through a telescope, however Fabian Miller's work is actually the result of many controlled experiments and sequences.This exhibition has greatly inspired my own work, as between the collection of artists, there is a relationship between chaos and order. Neusüss and Derges allow the elements to decide when and where light can touch the paper, whereas Garry Fabian Miller produces many prints, tweaking a tried and tested method each time, with much more of a handle on the final outcome.
You can view many more pictures, and find out much more about the Shadow Catchers exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum website.
Labels: Photograms, Photography, Shadowcatchers Exhibition, Victoria And Albert Museum
0 comment Tuesday, April 15, 2014 | admin
Pierre Cordier is the inventor of the "Chemigram" and a Cliche Verre practitioner.Cordiers' definition of "Chemigram" means "to write with chemistry".
To make a Chemigram you would paint with various chemicals (Cordier used nail polish, egg, varnish, wax and oil amongst other materials), expose to light and then develop as usual.
(When using this technique myself, I found painting directly on to photosensitive paper to be problematic, as the developing chemicals get muddy. Painting on to a transparent material first would prevent this.)
The chemigram has such artistic potential, so many materials could be used to paint with.
Additionally, the painting does not need to be "stuck", a transparent container could be used to try lots of compositions with interesting chemicals.
The V & A has published a great video about Pierre Cordier and his invention, as he was part of the "Shadow Catchers" exhibition.
It is interesting to learn that though the photography world welcomed Cordier with open arms, he is still yet to be accepted as a painter.
To make a Chemigram you would paint with various chemicals (Cordier used nail polish, egg, varnish, wax and oil amongst other materials), expose to light and then develop as usual.
(When using this technique myself, I found painting directly on to photosensitive paper to be problematic, as the developing chemicals get muddy. Painting on to a transparent material first would prevent this.)
The chemigram has such artistic potential, so many materials could be used to paint with.
Additionally, the painting does not need to be "stuck", a transparent container could be used to try lots of compositions with interesting chemicals.
The V & A has published a great video about Pierre Cordier and his invention, as he was part of the "Shadow Catchers" exhibition.
It is interesting to learn that though the photography world welcomed Cordier with open arms, he is still yet to be accepted as a painter.
Labels: Cameraless Photography, Chemigram, Chemistry, Paint, Painting, Photogram, Photography, Pierre Cordier, Shadowcatchers Exhibition, Victoria And Albert Museum
0 comment Sunday, April 13, 2014 | admin
Recently, I have been inspired by the work of Karl Blossfeldt.The images you see here are magnified photographs of real plants.
Karl once said:
"The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form".source
Karl collected botanical specimens throughout his life time, and was keen to photograph the plants in a way that expressed integral structure and natural forms. Blossfeldt photographed nothing but plants for 35 years, now that's focus!
The photographs are a great botanical learning tool, yet are strangely beautiful and compelling.
Personally, I could imagine some of these photographs re-interpreted into sculptures and placed on a Tim Burton animation set.
Karl once said:
"The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form".source
Karl collected botanical specimens throughout his life time, and was keen to photograph the plants in a way that expressed integral structure and natural forms. Blossfeldt photographed nothing but plants for 35 years, now that's focus!
The photographs are a great botanical learning tool, yet are strangely beautiful and compelling.
Personally, I could imagine some of these photographs re-interpreted into sculptures and placed on a Tim Burton animation set.
Labels: Art, Beauty, Botanical, Karl Blossfeldt, Natural, Nature, Photography, Science, Tim Burton
0 comment Friday, April 11, 2014 | admin
Eric Guth is employed by Lindblad Expeditions as a Photo Instructor. Guth works aboard a cruise ship, exploring the oceans and searching for the perfect photograph.
Recently, The Telegraph published this amazing set of photographs which documents the study of "secret" caves inside glaciers.
The photographer seems very passionate about his work as to get his photographs, Guth must camp in freezing temperatures, travel thousands of miles across the oceans and insists upon exploring every cave that he can feasibly access.
From a warm, seated individual's perspective, the photographs certainly seem worth the effort. The photographs are stunning and provide us with unique shots of ice formations. We get to experience the gorgeous glacial azure, without experiencing the biting cold and long, arduous ocean voyages!
Labels: Eric Guth, Exploration, Glaciers, Ice, Ocean, Photography
0 comment Thursday, April 10, 2014 | admin
Sarah Lewis, also known as Purpleface, is a photography graduate from Sheffield Hallam University. I've been following Sarah's work for a couple of years, and I am always impressed by the pictures she produces. Her photographs mainly focus on the beauty of the natural world, but in particular, she has a special talent for colour, focus and semi-abstraction.
You'll see what I mean in the following photographs...
Recently, Sarah has focused her lens from the micro to the macro. In early March, Sarah photographed the International Space Station flying above Manchester, UK.
Manchester doesn't have the best reputation for being beautiful (I should know, it's my home city!), but it just goes to show what you can find if you look closely enough!
View Sarah's online portfolio here.
You'll see what I mean in the following photographs...
Recently, Sarah has focused her lens from the micro to the macro. In early March, Sarah photographed the International Space Station flying above Manchester, UK.
Manchester doesn't have the best reputation for being beautiful (I should know, it's my home city!), but it just goes to show what you can find if you look closely enough!
View Sarah's online portfolio here.
Labels: Natural, Photography, Purpleface Photography, World