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Van Gogh, Part deux

By on April 14, 2014 in Acrylic Print, Printing

VanGogh-2

This is really a lot less about Van Gogh and more about a printing technology that we are experimenting with.

The Red Wing Digital Acrylic Print has an interesting visual effect that provides a sense of depth.  It is mostly a light refraction effect, but it is also a visual acuity effect.

Click on the image above and notice the impasto brush strokes and notice how the shadows are consistent.  This is very important. If it wasn’t consistent, your mind would tell you something is amiss or artificial.

The light refraction and visual acuity effect is diagrammed below.  It isn’t complicated, just think about how things look bigger in a glass of water.  Or find a 5th grader to explain it.  🙂

The bottom line is; light gets bent, things look bigger and clarity improves.

Bada-bing. Bada-boom.

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van Gogh

By on April 13, 2014 in Acrylic Print

VanGogh

This is a side project.

Vincent van Gogh would occasionally use an impasto painting technique, whereby he would use a heavy application of oils on the painting, which gives the painting a sense of depth.  The visible brush strokes also contribute because the brush strokes can elevate the drama of the painting.

The Red Wing Digital Acrylic Print is well suited for this type of reproduction.  The acrylic layer helps bend the light and provides a sense of depth to the image.

The above image is the second step in creating an Acrylic Print.  After the print is created, an optically clear layer is applied to the top of the print.  This layer bonds the front surface of the print to the top surface of the acrylic.

Los Straitjackets

By on April 12, 2014 in Creativity, Uncategorized

There are a lot of reasons to love this video.  It’s original and authentic.

It looks like it was filmed in the backyard of a party barbeque.

And that only adds to the charm.

Cut them off at the pass

By on April 11, 2014 in Photography

Esselen

Sometimes the packaging is as interesting as the art.

This is a project that came into the shop a few days ago.  It was a package of medium format negatives that were in pristine condition.

But the packaging was what immediately caught our eye.  It was stamped April 22, 1927 and is an envelope from the Solatia M. Taylor film processing company in Boston, Massachusetts.

The film processing turn-around time probably was measured in weeks back than and no doubt several photographers were disappointed in the printed film results. And also no doubt the film processors found themselves in a position of having to argue with the photographer that the photograph was exposed incorrectly and it was not a processing problem.

The Solatia M. Taylor Company had a solution of having the envelopes pre-printed 15 reasons why the exposed pictures are flawed.

Hopefully this did cut down on the disputes, but I doubt it.

Pontificate

By on April 10, 2014 in Local

It is fun to say and fun to do.

This space will be used both in the first and second person narrative.  It will be driven by three principles:

1) Try to be entertaining.

2) Try to be informative.

3) Try to be persuasive.

The term Bully Pulpit is commonly misunderstood.  It is a term coined by President Theodore Roosevelt when the term ‘bully’ was an adjective for something either very good or very positive.

So his definition was more about being a champion for the issues that were important to him because he had the pulpit.  It was a platform of sincerity.

Simple.

Sometimes it is about business, sometimes it is about life, sometimes it is about anything at all.

Please enjoy.

 

Charles Biederman

By on April 9, 2014 in Art, Framing, Local

Biederman

“Study for a Construction in Wood” – by Charles Biederman, 1952,11″x14″, paper in relief, 1952.

These types of projects are especially enjoyable. It is a privilege to design and build a framing presentation package for significant works of art by significant artists.  Biederman qualifies on both accounts.

Biederman was an independent personality (read: difficult to get to know) who lived in a rural Red Wing home when he died in 2004 at the age of 98.  He was a prominent American Modernist painter and sculptor.  He was predisposed to using geometric subjects in his art.

Because he lived the last fifty years of his life in Red Wing, there are many locals who came to know him over the years.  He lived a quiet and almost reclusive life, except he was a prolific letter writer.  It is in these letters that Biederman would share his strong opinions about all matters and topics.

The materials for this project just arrived this week and photos of the finished packaged will be posted.

A blank canvas

By on April 8, 2014 in Framing

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