Ball of String - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Ball of String - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionWhen my very good friend and sometimes model showed up with this " ball of string from my desk drawer" I loved it. I was working on pictures for my " Objects of Beauty" series and this was a perfect fit. Who doesn't have a random ball of string rolling around their life? Mine is in the knife drawer in my kitchen. This hand pulled photogravure print is made with Charbonnel carbon black and warm sepia ink, with a dash of Charbonnel sanguine ink on

In exchange for this training Betty pledged to actively serve in the service for the duration of the war

Noir Carbone

it was a good day and I selected this negative for printing in photogravure

I have never been good at getting up really early to go outside and make photographs

Hand made 4x5 platinum print

When I found myself making portraits last week I felt myself getting out of the way and letting my feelings for this medium I have chosen to spend my life doing come back to life

beautiful and simple

+ The solar eclipse that happened today has me a little shook

I was drawn to the beauty in the chaos and disorder of what was in front of my big camera

Matted to 11x14

it is 4x5 inches on an 11x15 sheet

I have been enjoying going back to the archive and selecting my favorite work to apply printmaking methods and looking at the work in a new medium