cyanotype

cyanotype, 3 months ago to random

Today in 'Shitty Art-world Gatekeepers Treating Artists Shittily' news...

Wondering what happened to some applications that took days and days to put together, I find that @arselectronica who run an EU Digital Deal residency are not even bothering to notify losers! Only winners contacted.

No feedback was bad enough. Now, not even a courtesy 'no thank you'.

Shame on you, Ars Electronica.

Shame on all you gatekeepers who think it's fine to treat people this way.

#artworld #artistlife #shame

cyanotype, 9 months ago to philosophy

A searchable bibliography of publications relating to philosophy of memory:

https://phil-mem.org/philmembib.html

Over 2000 entries.
Hosted by the Centre for Philosophy of Memory at the Universite Grenoble Alps.

#philosophy #philosophyOfMemory #memory #database #bibliography #CPM #UnversiteGrenobleAlps

cyanotype, 9 months ago to porto

Some cyanotypes of feathers.

I have an insubstantial idea. Feathers are irrelevant to it. But somehow, I needed to make these before it can take form.

@mjohnharrison just wrote that, at some point, his journals "stop being about writing & start being writing".

It's like that. These images are still in the 'about cyanotypes' phase.

Heading for a boundary that only coalesces in retrospect.

#cyanotype #blueprint #feathers #seagull #porto #PortoArtist #ArtisticProcess #ideas #PartofTheProcess

Six gull feathers in a row, pointing down. The ends of the feathers and their shafts are white, mottled in places. The rest of the feathers are pale blue; details of the barbs are visible in places. The rest of the image is in shades of blue.
A single gull feather. The ends of the feather and its shaft is white, mottled in places. The rest of the image is in shades of blue
A single gull feather. The ends of the feather and its shaft is white, mottled in places. Lighter blue areas show details of barbs / fronds (the fluffy stuff) of the feather. The rest of the image is in shades of blue

cyanotype, 10 months ago to origami

I've been interviewed about my background, process, cyanotypes, origami, memory and more.

You can watch it here (18 mins):
https://youtu.be/1V7hR8fEvnA

(Disclosure: Subcultours facilitate artist workshops, and invited me to join them)

I hate being in front of the camera, so this is a rare occurrence. And... is there anyone out there who likes the sound of their own voice?

#cyanotype #blueprint #origami #metamorphogram #memory #philosophy #philosophyOfMemory #artistinterview #selfconscious

cyanotype, 11 months ago to origami

Tomoko Fuse is my favourite origami artist. The person whose work most inspires me to fold paper.

This short (4m30s) film is about her 'infinite origami' series.

Who is your Tomoko Fuse?

#origami #TomokoFuse #Infinite #PaperFolding #Inspiration #ArtisticInspiration #WhoIsYourInspiration #InfiniteOrigami #Favourite

https://youtu.be/0g-y5825Xkk

cyanotype, 11 months ago to origami

Sometimes you make things for sheer curiosity.

I've been trying tessellated origami forms for a while. This one is appealing as it is easy to fold and fun to play with.

I folded it from a sheet of watercolour paper coated with cyanotype.

It went outside for a day or so.

When developed, it looked like the final picture.

So now I know. Curiosity sated. Until next time.

#blueprint #cyanotype #metamorphogram #origami #tessellation #origamitessellation #tessellated #curiosity #justcurious

A sheet of grey paper folded into an origami tessellation which is linked squares. it is resting on a window box with plants, and is the same sheet from the first picture
A sheet of white paper which has been coloured mostly blue. it has been creased into many small squares, some with diagonal creases. there is much variety within the squares as to the amount of blue or white they contain.