Feeling Froggy???

then JUMP!!!

I'm going to Sheepscot

but thought I'd share this nice cyanotype (toned with a watercolor glaze).

I made it last night as a break from some of the other work I've been doing.  And, since I'm feeling amphibious...

Making Cyanotypes (and a simple contact frame)

(...just the visually interesting parts are show. There is a lot of work on the computer tweaking the negatives for this unique process. I also don't show the chemical prep. or the mistakes made while dialing in the exposure times. Lots of work goes into these)

A little more care is taken with the large cyanotypes, but it's too long to make into a video on YouTube.

click here  to view the video on YouTube

this is another good intro video on YouTube

The contact frame you see in the video is very simple:
*  $10 tempered glass shelf from Ikea.
*  3/4" plywood cut to 15" x 30"
*  self-adhesive cork shelf liner placed on top of the plywood
*  6 woodworking clamps

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1064313302/grand-canyon-gravure?ref=card

If you want one of these cards, visit the link above and participate in the Grand Canyon Gravure project before July 27th.  $10 is all it takes to get hand-made art sent to you in the mail.

Monhegan Cyanotypes

5" x 7" paper

Monhegan Island, Maine is another one of those special places that cannot easily be described with words. 

right now these are only available through the Grand Canyon Gravure project

when you decide to become a backer for $10 or more

Kawanhee Cyanotypes

At the two week mark mark (14 days left) I imagine that,
since some of the participants, potential backers, and curious people for the Grand Canyon Gravure project share a connection with Kawanhee, it would be helpful to show some of the prize options that also share that connection to Kawanhee.

The four in this picture above were sold through Colorado Mesa University, thus are gone, but they make a good example of what is available.  Each cyanotype is one-of-a-kind on 5" x 7" paper.  The natural color of a cyanotype is blue, but with bleaching and toning (and sometimes some drawing and brushing) the colors can be changed.

Become a backer and see more options.
Anything is appreicated.
$1 minimum to participate.
$10 is the first award/prize level.

15 days left

Experience AWE

Grand Canyon Gravure

Historic River Boats Afloat

http://youtu.be/vBTKccHnDVY

http://www.historicriverboatsafloat.org/

Big Water Little Boats

BigWaterLittleBoats.com

---update---
I just finished reading "Big Water Little Boats".  It reads like someone telling a good story.  That's because it IS someone telling a good story.  Tom Martin did a great job with this book and I'm sure I'll read it again within the year.

Intent

Hands are the extension of intent and the instrument of compassion.  Without the ability to act, empathy and compassion are little more than nice words.  The manual dexterity of human beings has allowed people to DO good things, to BE creative compassionate caring and help not just our immediate circle, but to reach out and take action for the benefit of those outside ourselves. 

The feat of creation in the real world adds power to the ethereal.  Movement of hands adds, confirms, and teaches the mind the difference between real and not.  The tactile quality of a physical picture has a presence that projection does not.  A digital image can be printed, thus becoming an artifact, a physical thing.  A hand-made image reveals the work, tells the story of its creation, and the revelations had along the way as hands learned, corrected, and cared for the work of art during it’s making.

Sunshine and Fluffy Clouds

Bright sunshine, deep sky and bright white fluffy clouds floating by.  Your favorite weather and everything you need to be happy right there with you now.  Calmly, openly looking.  The decision for the next step is quiet yet sure.  This place is beautiful.  It is unique, one of a kind.  It must be held with gentle hands.  It must be taken care of, preserved with good intent, gifted to the future now.

19 days to go

People juggle many different diversions.  Life is busy.  Friends we make are in various locations.  Toys and tools are scattered from use.  Did you ever feel like you had the urge to gather all your favorites in one place?

"The Fun Package"

includes a bunch of stuff from the Grand Canyon Gravure project.

* hand-made cyanotype on cotton paper (optimally sized for easy framing)

* archival digital reprint in a cotton mat (thoughtfully sized for easy framing)

* signed copy of the book "It Must Be... (A Grand Canyon Trip)"

* 100% cotton Tshirt with the brushstroke circular design

* sticker

it should be $165

but this Fun Package is only $125

20 days left

Imagine a special place that takes effort to access.  Picture a process that takes work to make happen.  The surface of the place is seen by many, whereas the intimate details of the depths are only accessed and understood by those who are willing to take the extra steps needed to experience something so special.  The result of the process is rendered in easily understood form, and yet still to be appreciated fully, one must reach out to take the action necessary to be involved in the history of the thing.

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