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At last the secret is out, as it always must come in the end,
The delicious story is ripe to tell to the intimate friend;
Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire;
Still waters run deep, my dear, there’s never smoke without fire.
Behind the corpse in the reservoir, behind the ghost on the links,
Behind the lady who dances and the man who madly drinks,
Under the look of fatigue, the attack of migraine and the sigh
There is always another story, there is more than meets the eye.
For the clear voice suddenly singing, high up in the convent wall,
The scent of the elder bushes, the sporting prints in the hall,
The croquet matches in summer, the handshake, the cough, the kiss,
There is always a wicked secret, a private reason for this.
w.h. auden
I never heard of it
and even if was true
I don't believe
She's to republican to do that kind thing
You know anal retention kind person...
5 exposures in RAW, converted to HDR in Artizen HDR and postprocessed in Photoshop. This room was VERY dark, fortunately it was a reasonably cloudy day outside. Just a collection of stuff left on a windowsill in an abandoned building at the former Alameda NAS.
it's my son, not an acutal panhandler, but he's holding a sign we found by the roadside in downtown Portland.
FOUND ITEM at the HUNKY JESUS CONTEST...it was fun finding a few things at the contest grounds, but it was MORE fun seeing other photographers capturing those LOST ITEMS ! ADDA wanted to tap them on the shoulder and say, "If you want views, go for the BARE CHESTS, if you want FOUND OBJECTS go to ADDA's non-view flickr set!" LOL
Some experimental new work. After seeing El Anatsui at NCMA, the grid concept kept haunting me. This is what I have thus far.This is after I put it together
Another little wall figure, maybe 9" tall and cut out of tins, part of a Victorian ceiling tin, found objects and a hydraulic press mistake. I do get a kick out of making these. The title is subject to change.
Shanghai Walkabout 556
I need to make a point of revisiting images made in past years. This bad boy was hiding in my Found Objects collection from Shanghai. It was captured with my @getolympus e-620 with my favorite lens of all time, the Zuiko 50mm f2. Raw processed in On1 Photo RAW.
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Today, First Cup turns 3.
It's already been an unusual day. Because the company van is in the shop, I got the call last night to go pick up a truck, then beans, and then to drive them up to the roaster for delivery. I had intended to make my celebratory cup at the house before I left, but time was running short and I knew the pick ups were scheduled.
By the time I arrived at Ecco, most of the morning had escaped me. I was thinking that this would be a good day to update the website (following some issues over the weekend) but the information I need was locked inside Barnett's brain and in a meeting in San Francisco. So with some time on my hands, I set about trying to unlock the Crescendo espresso from Kaffa. Following some texted instructions from Kaminsky, I tried to confine my dose to 18 grams and to pull the shots just a bit longer.
The immediate and gratifying result yielded a foamy reddish cup that sparkled with a zinging, almost orange juice sweet acidity that resolved into a weird, almost sour citus note. Not my best work considering the resolve, but a pleasing shot to hold in one's mouth. Perhaps I'm dancing about architecture a little too much. Let's call it good, which it was.
There's a story behind the corn cob, but it belongs to the realm of imagination. The only part that can be written as fact is that it was discovered in a bag of Ethiopian coffee, thankfully before it went into the roaster.
If you're muse strikes you to explain the circumstances of this arrival, I'm sure it would be entertaining to the rest of us.
The inspiration was to try and use materials that surround me. It made the journey so enjoyable for me. ♥
Materials: Found objects, hand made copper rivets, silver, aluminum, recycled LA license plate and Mexican tin.
To find out more go to the blog site...
Here is the final assemblage for the 12 Days of Christmas series.
Please DO scroll back and see them all! I have taken some liberties with the lyrics... as you will see.
On the 12th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me....
TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING ... (and the beat goes on, and the beat goes on...)
Eleven Pipers Piping.... (see previous photo)
Ten Lords a Leaping... (see previous photo)
Nine Ladies Dancing ... (check out the short video at my blog as well to see the ladies dance - some "shake it" more than others do..*L*)
Eight Maids a Milking .... (I think these maids were found at the same place those French Hens were found! *L*)(check out the previous photo for this one.)
Seven Pawns a Swimming .... (in a pool of chessboards...and at least it's only ONE letter off from the word S-W-A-N-S... *lol*) (see previous photo)
Six He's a Laying ..... (get it?? - I'm gonna hate this if I have to explain it.. it helps if you pronounce HE'S like geese *lol*) (see prior photo)
Five Gold Rings ... (and assorted baubles)..(see prior photo)
Four Calling Birds... (see previous photo) (Hello, can you hear me now?)
Three French Hens.... (see previous photo)
Two Turtles 'n Doves .... (see previous photo) ...
and a Partridge with Pears and a Tree.. (see previous photo).
Clark's Teaberry gum wrapper found in The Railroader by W. Fred Cottrell. Stanford University, Calif., Stanford University Press: London, H. Milford: Oxford University Press c1940. HE1741 .C58 1940
For some reason the idea of posting flyers for a charity dinner on a trash can does not strike me as a good idea.
I had a breezy wait on the next train, sustained winds during the noon hour were 45 mph with gusts of 60! One almost knocked me off my feet!
Downers Grove IL / Main St
Odd place for a fish fry ad
Work by the young people at Shuman Detention Center. I am not allowed to name the people who made these, or give any details about them.
These pieces are all very specific to the people who made them and show incredibly personal and inventive approaches to the use of the boxes as a starting-point.
9 1/2 x13, mixed media, found objects, acrylics, glass.
This piece was inspired by Joseph cornell.....SOLD
On the 9th Day of Christmas ....
I really like this latest assemblage for the 9th Day of Christmas, and I can't wait to post it, so here it is a bit early...there are both a photograph AND a short video clip for this assemblage depicting the 9th Day of Christmas... Check out the video of the nine ladies dancing on my blog at
*G* (or I tried to post a video here too, not sure if it worked or not?)
On the 9th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me....
NINE LADIES DANCING ... (check out the short video at my blog as well to see the ladies dance - some "shake it" more than others do..*L*)
Eight Maids a Milking .... (I think these maids were found at the same place those French Hens were found! *L*)(check out the previous photo for this one.)
Seven Pawns a Swimming .... (in a pool of chessboards...and at least it's only ONE letter off from the word S-W-A-N-S... *lol*) (see photo on previous day)
Six He's a Laying ..... (get it?? - I'm gonna hate this if I have to explain it.. it helps if you pronounce HE'S like geese *lol*) (see prior photo)
Five Gold Rings ... (and assorted baubles)..(see prior photo)
Four Calling Birds... (see previous photo) (Hello, can you hear me now?) *G*
Three French Hens.... (see previous photo)
Two Turtles 'n Doves .... (see previous photo) ...
and a Partridge with Pears and a Tree.. (see previous photo).
The only scraps I had left. If I told you that I planned it this way, I'd be much better at what I do. The strips from A Shelf Named Billy are only about 1.25" wide.
Working on two pendants for an exhibition in Beijing, "Through The Garden Gate" which will be held in a public park in the city.
These pendants are containers for wildflower seeds, each one can be filled with seeds which can then be sprinkled on urban wastelands, creating gardens wherever the wearer wishes, adding colour and life to the most drab of urban scenes.
Left - Chromophobia (For Raoul Servais): silver, found steel NOS cylinder, black spinels, custom-cut black spinel, cubic zirconia, hand-set and engraved.
Right - Flower bomb: silver, 9ct gold, found NOS cylinder, custom-cut citrine, recycled gemstones from old jewellery (hessonite and rhodolite garnets, pink sapphires, natural and synthetci rubies, orange sapphires).
Taken with Panasonic 20mm f1.7 lens on Panasonic GH2.