Charcoal Drawings
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Silva Carbonaria - "Charcoal Forest".
Trunks of dead conifers near Torridon village, Scotland. The trees were destroyed in a wild fire in 2011.
"Mass: Colder Darker Matter Macizo"
by Cornelia Parker
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
charcoal
belongs in the museum
the contribution to climate change
Holzkohle
gehört ins Museum
ein Beitrag zum Klimawandel
The Ward Charcoal ovens have been on my bucket list for a long time. I set out to shoot some Milky Way images with these, and I did, but I have not processed those yet. However, when I got there to set up the night shoot I got this treat of an amazing sunset. Wheeler Ridge there off to the left is the tallest peak in Nevada as I understand it. That peak is in the Great Basin National Park.
So these strangely shaped things are used for mining. They are not kilns. Many call them kilns, but they are actually not. They are used to burn wood, make charcoal, and then the charcoal is used to make hotter fires used to separate metals mined from mountains. Historically they were not used for very many years as the mines they supported dried up, or different processes were created to make hotter fires. There are, however, some of these still left around. In fact, as we left this one heading for Vegas, we passed a ghost town called Frisco. This did not turn up in my research for the area, but they have a few structures and a few of these beehive-like structures as well, though not in near as good a shape. The Ward ovens are protected, they are in a State Park. The Frisco ones are suffering the fate of time I am afraid, which is neat in a different sense.
This is a panorama.
Anyway, night images coming soon...
One night, I attempted to sketch my mother. I worked on the drawing for a while, focusing mainly on her eyes. For some reason, I could not capture that sense of watchful isolation that shielded her vision. Hence, I practiced on Ms. Angel Aquino's portrait instead. I knew then that if I get this portrait "right", I would be able to draw my mother's portrait...and I did.
This is actually the "Genesis" of most of the pieces on my SHADOWS series- a compressed charcoal study on a 90gsm smooth paper.
for details=> www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-GUARDED/980307/4662824/view
They are excellent to eat now and when frozen even more excellent in January, February when price will sky rocket.
Sono eccellenti per mangiare adesso o in gennaio e febbraio quando costano una fortuna.
The charcoal kilns complex in Wildrose Canyon is among the more remarkable historical-architectural features of Death Valley National Park. Built in 1877, these beehive-shaped kilns were used to create charcoal for local mining operations. IN 1875, LEAD ORE WAS discovered in California’s Argus Range. Shortly after its discovery, George Hearst purchased the land and formed the Modoc Consolidated Mining Company to mine the ore for silver from the area.
After the company depleted most of the area’s limited supply of wood, Hearst ordered the construction of ten kilns to make charcoal from pine logs. The kilns were completed in 1877 and built 25 miles from the mine in a more wooded area. The 25-foot high limestone kilns, constructed from local outcroppings and mortared with lime, gravel, and sand, employed around 40 men in the production and transportation of charcoal bushels to the area near the mine. After only two years of operation, the mines were shutdown and the kilns abandoned due to worsening ore quality.
Kilns were built and used in the mid 19th century to make charcoal from the Pinyon Pine. The charcoal was then used to smelt the gold and silver from the ore. These are some of the best examples of kilns I have seen. They are protected within a remote Nevada State Park.
a series of larger format (A2) studies in charcoal - Goat Island Sydney Harbour. On the back of a recycled inkjet print
For 121 Pictures in 2021 #36 "Fill the frame", this is a closeup of a lit charcoal chimney starter, almost ready to spread out on the griill. It was a rather dark day, and the flames are highly visible.
A clump of black-eyed Susans at Fitchburg Furnace Historical Site in Daniel Boone National Forest, Eastern Kentucky
A gentle capture portraying what was in my mind at the time. Light, soft, merciful and tender. Almost charcoal like in soft tones as if a pencil drawing.
Starting to love & get confident with this dark style and processing I think. The trees of course are glorious and majestic and I always try and do them justice to then best of my current knowledge & abilities.
Visit to a 15th-century medieval castle where paintings and charcoal sketches by a great Lombard parish decorator (Vittorio Trainini) were exhibited.
Charcoal kilns, such as these at Bristol Wells NV, can be found throughout the remote regions of Nevada. Used to make charcoal for smelting ore, they have outlived their use but still remain.
This is a composite of two shots, one for the foreground and one of the night sky. I added the lighting of the Kilns in PS as well.