Looking up...

Here we have an image from "The Distance of the Moon." The narrator sits amazed as he watches the Captain's wife flip through gravity onto the surface of the low hanging Moon.

The big show opens in just under two weeks at Towson University's Holtzman MFA Gallery. The exhibit will include my preliminary drawings, sculptures, prints as well as the actual printed books for both "The Distance of the Moon" and "Houses to Homes: a memoir". If you are in the Baltimore area on November 19th this is not something you are going to want to miss. If you need info or directions send me an email at caffeinatedclay@gmail.com

PEACE!

20 days and counting...

... until the opening of my MFA thesis show.  Next week I will post a link to the gallery website so everyone can see the info.  The show opens Thursday November 19th at 7:30pm so keep your evening clear and come enjoy the show.  

This is a recently finished image from "The Distance of the Moon," an adaptation of a short story by Italo Calvino.  Bits and pieces have been posted in the past but here, for the first time dear viewers, you get to see the images coming to fruition in page layout form.

These images have had not alterations in photoshop aside from a little bit of cropping and of course the page layout.  The integrity of the photo remains unchanged, I am very happy with the quality of light I captured with the camera.

See you at the show!

PEACE

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POLAROID TRANSFERS...

I have been experimenting with polaroid transfers and I am thrilled with the results! Granted, these are not actual polaroid transfers (all of the manipulation was done in photoshop and illustrator); however, the result is a close representation. I have a bunch of these done and a bunch more to do. This is opening up the flow of ideas even wider as I consider the possiblities for alternative photographic processes in my work. I'm still a purist at heart and I want my illustrations to be all about clay, but what I have evolving here just seems to work so I'm gonna run with it and see what happens. The verve of the piece is a little less clay and a little more illustration and for right now that needs to be embraced. All together it makes for a unique piece. These will be printed as part of my upcoming thesis show. I'm going to print them on watercolor paper and continue to manipulate the image using various wet media. Unitl next time...

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TOLD 'YA!

Told 'ya I could do better! Now the colors on the side panels are less vibrant but the image retains its dimensional qualities. The emphasis is on the center panel in a more intelligent way and this will be more attractive as a full page image. For those curious, the page size is 8inches tall by 10inches wide.

More to come soon. I am in full swing prep mode for the upcoming thesis show so stay tuned.

PEACE!
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NEW PAGES!

This image is page 10 from "Houses to Homes". The small cropped image is off-set to allow room for the text. The idea for the detail images came unexpectedly this morning as I was spening time mostly in front of a computer editting for my thesis show. I'm quite pleased with them. They don't really hold their own, but as part of full page spread with text they look terrific. More on that later..

Here we have page 7, which you will recognize from a much earlier post, now coming to fruition as a full image. The full images in "Houses to Homes" will not have text. The text will be displayed on the adjacent pages which will resemble the layout of page 10 shown above. While I am not convinced that this image is complete, I like the way that it turned out. There are still a few tricks I'd like to work in to these.

I've shown this particular image a few times and I have to keep the other 26 pages secret for now. They will all be on display as part of my MFA thesis exhibition entitled CAFFEINATED CLAY on display from Nov. 19th - Dec. 12th 2009. If you are interested in attending or would like a digital copy of the postcard and poster please email me at caffeinatedclay@gmail.com

Ok lots of work to do. Any one know of an inexpensive place to get quality frames? Let me know.

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New Cast Members...

No tripod today so sorry for the slightly blurry images. These two have joined the cast of "The Distance of the Moon." This is the Captain and his Wife. I have made about four of each so far in a variety of poses getting ready for the photo shoot in early October. Until then, lots of work to do painting, sculpting and firing.

PEACE!

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A fresh coat of paint...

So in this case the top image is the new work. The bottom image, like the top, is a computer composite of four panels from the Houses to Homes project that was done a couple of months ago. Needless to say after sitting in a ceramics studio for some time it became quite dusty and all the colors were muted. I spent some time recently (see my last post) finishing the panels for this monster-installation-illustration so revisiting the color composition seemed natural. The repainted and re-photographed image is the one on top. I have more panels to add to the image, which will be 12 inches tall and over 5 feet long when printed, but wanted to share the new color scheme and get some feedback at this stage. These are panels 3, 4, 5, and 6. Let me know what you think.

The big show on November 19th is inching closer, lots of work to do. I'll try to keep up with the posting between cups of coffee and marathon studio sessions.

PEACE!

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