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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.
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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
9 1/2 x13, mixed media, found objects, acrylics, glass.
This piece was inspired by Joseph cornell.....SOLD
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.
Photographed on an old fridge during an exhibition at Sun and Doves pub, Camberwell south London in 2006. By Anthony Wilson www.sculpturemad.com
After the corpse was spirited away, all that was left were a few broken teeth.
Conveniently located across the street from world famous "ED CARS".