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A tomato surrounded by a snake that appeared to be a twirly plant. The tomato had no chance to escape, that poor boy.
Shot with the "Natural Framing" assignment on DPS in mind.
8x10 picture frame made from reclaimed hemlock. The wood was from a 2x6 framing stud or joist It was from one of 11 houses deconstructed in 2012 for SUNY ESF to make way for more modern, efficient and safer student housing. ESF was committed to reusing as much material as possible.
Hemlock is ubiquitous in Western New York. At one time the western half of the state was covered in dense forests of colossally large hemlocks. By the early 1800s they were cleared. Hemlock is not generally not considered a nice wood, except for framing. It is a rough, grainy, splintery wood, But it doesn't shrink appreciably as it dries, thus it was useful for house framing. Prior to that its most common use was for its bark. Hemlocks have a very high tannin content (which is why they turn so brown with time) and their bark was useful for leather tanning. More hemlocks were stripped of their bark and left for dead than were felled for timber.
Since so many structures are made of hemlock in WNY, one could say that the old-growth forests are still around in the framing of buildings. As long as this material is still in use we are still utilizing the environmental impact that was made 100 or more years ago - and at high environmental cost. Once a building is demolished - the most common fate for this wood is the landfill. Each house contains approximately 50 tons of wood, which decomposes to methane in the anaerobic environment of the landfill. Methane is 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. The tree is no longer actively accumulating carbon and removing it from the atmosphere, but as useful lumber it is at least keeping in sequester. Once it goes into the landfill it begins to decompose into methane and brings to fruition the full environmental impact that began with clearing the old-growth hemlock forests long ago.
The frame is a solid block of wood ripped from the joist and rabbeted in the back. It is about 2 inches thick. It was also stained with a black aniline dye. The dye was dissolved into alcohol and it produces an interesting staining pattern - apparently the reverse of what oil based stains would. The black dye produces an interesting color that is not brown as conventional stains produce.
The glass comes from old, discarded window sashes and the cardboard from boxes. Each piece is varnished with water-based, dull-flat, polyurethane.
Telescope and car park at Mount Stromlo Observatory, near Canberra. In the distance, left, Cotter Dam.
Mamiya c220 TLR camera, Mamiya-Sekor 55mm f/4.5 lens, polarizer, Kodak Ektar 100 colour negative film.
Went to visit my Dad today and spent a lovely few hours on his deck surrounded by greenery and renewed my spirit a bit. We talked about a lot of things and as usual, I enjoyed spending time with him.
Check out this frame! It is for a commission for a co-worker! He used scraps (he has tons!) and put a lip around it. The glass on the inside is even scraps he's had laying around. He wouldn't let me pay him for it either. He said he enjoyed making it and anytime I needed a frame of any size, he'd be happy to make one for me. How cool is he?!
As I was getting ready to leave, I mentioned something to him about seeing a house on my way to work each morning with stained glass things around and an old window with the frame still on it sitting against a tree with stained glass in it. He moved some boards around and said: "like these?". OMG!!! He has 6-10 old window frames sitting in his driveway not knowing what he was going to do with them. Once I could breathe again, I told him what great mosaics they could make. He asked me if I wanted one or two. Um ... chyeah! He also pulled out a piece of what I hope is tempered glass from an old fridge. My Dad saves things from the landfill and makes his daughter happy! Happy planet, happy daughter, good Karma for us all!!
8x10 handmade frame
Eps10. Realistic vector design. Most of elements are placed in groups to make artwork easy editable. Color transparency used to define color, so it can be changed just in few steps. Enjoy!
birthday gift last year, got inspired by seeing fabric frames at Anthropologie and decided that I could make some for gifts, but then I had to create a collage in photoshop to go in the frame. I never take the easy way out.
Frame:*SURLY*straggler
Headset:*PHILWOOD* 1-1/8 headset
Wheel:*VELOCITY* nobs rim x *DIA-COMPE* ene touring disc hub
Tire:*BRUCE GORDON* rock n' road
Stem:*PAUL* boxcar stem
Handle:*HUNTER* low rise bar
Grip:*BROOKS* microfiber bartape
Brake lever:*AVID*fr-5 brake lever
Saddle:*BROOKS* b17 standard
Seatpost:*BL SELECT*slit seatpost
Crank:*BLUE LUG* rmc-Ⅱ multi speed crank
Pedal:*MKS* rmx
Basket:*WALD* multi fit 139 front basket (large)
Brake housing:*NISSEN*
This frame started as a pose in my head, and I kept swapping various joint types in and out until it could achieve the pose. I ended up using Soren's Chubs shoulders and FerrelFerret's Daisuke waist joint.
Westside container village deconstruction, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra.
Nikon L35AF camera, Film Photography Project RetroChrome 320 colour slide film (shot at 400).
I asked geo3pea if I could print & frame one of his photos for my house & he kindly agreed. I think it looks beautiful. I'm also hanging one of doglinton's photos but haven't found a frame for it yet. Thanks to my flickr friends I'll have some really nice art in the house.
Verder studeren op licht. Het was echt hels om de "muur" geen licht te laten vangen. Op die rode flitser na dan. Dus wel licht van voren maar niet op de muur, en wel op de lijst.Millimeter werk. Was weer een hele goede oefening.
The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) administers the regional parks in the Auckland region and have these frames to most of the parks to frame the local beauty of the area.
Owen Flats under demolition, Lyneham.
Canon EOS 33 camera, Canon EF 28-105/f3.5-4.5 lens, Kodak Max 400 colour negative film (expired), shot at 200.
Alright...that's SOMETHING ELSE! I got the Great Red Spot and everything (The moons to the left are Europa and Io on top left to right, and Ganymede below them. Callisto is dim and way off to the right not in frame).