Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Fake Spring







So... It's been fake spring here. And I've been snapping some pictures of the sunshine ...! I have finals this week... so alas no updates! I'll have a full update in a couple days... 

I get to turn in my final project tomorrow...


Yes. That is a dress made out of sewing patterns. Yes, it is wearable. Yes, I am going to wear it.

So... that's what I've been up to!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

More Photos (and Sewing Patterns)

So here are some more photos that I have churned out recently. I'm still working on my first roll of film, so really I need to go out and shoot another one!





And here are some works in progress...







The first is an original sketch I did. First in pencil, then I xeroxed it, and penned in some of the fine details.

The second is a xerox transfer (http://www.apogeephoto.com/jan2007/sromero12007.shtml) For those of you interested in how it works. Lacquer Thinner is a little crazy, I've found that "green" lacquer thinner works better (in the hardware store it is labeled as the "green" alternative to Lacquer thinner). In either case, it gives you a killer headache, but the results are beautiful. Very ethereal and ghostly.  (If you want to experiment, any acetone lying around your house should work just fine. Be careful around flames though!)

PS: If you have access to a printing press, you don't have to tape the whole thing down, etc etc. Just sandwich the image between two sheet of overhead projector sheets, when you run it through the press. Otherwise, the rest of the process is the same: just paint a whole bunch of lacquer thinner onto the back of your xerox copy, sandwich, and run through press. Voila!

Does anyone have any interesting transfer processes to share with me? Always looking for something new to experiment with. Cheers!