Studio News – Autumn 2021
NEW UV LAMP AND VACUUM FRAME Since moving studios in January 2021, we have been without a UV light source and unable to make any platinum-palladium prints or polymer photogravure plates. The old lamp was far too large for the new space and so we ordered a new unit....
Hand-Crafted Notebooks
In 2011 I was fortunate to have been chosen as one of six Jerome Foundation mentees at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. For a year we were immersed in the book arts, learning about bindings, case making, letterpress printing, paper making and much more. I came away...
Darkroom Update
This has been a slow week for darkroom construction as we've had to wait for city inspectors to sign off on the construction and the electrical wiring, and because of the pandemic these are taking longer than usual. Inspections The inspector from the State Department...
New Studio
We've moved studios! We left our home of 25 years in south Minneapolis and have moved to the arts district of Northeast Minneapolis. I've lived in Northeast since leaving London and coming to America back in 1996 so I'm going to love the short bike or car ride...
The Best of The Best
For the past few weeks I’ve been working on constructing this accordion book and print portfolio for the edition ‘The Best of The Best’ by R. J. Kern. It includes 12 mounted salt prints (printed by R.J. Kern), 4 pop-ups, essays, statements and a colophon, and it all...
Lumens
This is clamshell case I recently made with artist Lisa Nebenzahl. Besides needing a case to present both her prints and 3D constructions, Lisa wanted to learn the craft of making boxes and cases, so we worked on the project together. The case measures 13.5 x 19.5 x...
Plains Project
I’m currently in the middle of a great project for a local artist, Peter Latner, (a photographer who still works with medium and large format film) as part of his Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant that he received. The project will involve a small...