Jun12

Photography Scavenger Hunt

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I came across this blog post by accident while cruising various blogs and/or Pinterest boards. It is linked through my facebook post so hopefully it is accessible to all:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallorganico.blogspot.ca%2F2013%2F05%2F2013-summertime-photography-scavenger.html&h=aAQGLgJIf

Needless to say, I was intrigued so I decided to enter it. There are 21 items to “catch” on film plus a few bonus items. I already have 5 of them, thanks to a visit to the zoo on June  3rd plus a walk in Bunn’s Creek Park with Stewie today.

I posted them on my Flickr page(see link in sidebar) and so I am  just going to show 1 of them here. They are all in a set labelled: scavenger hunt. Check the web for other posts with the tag:  #summertimescavengerhunt .

This is for item #7 in the scavenger hunt:

number 7_detailI have 16 more to go.

So far, I know I have to go to The Forks, The Exchange District plus the University of Manitoba to get some of the remaining  items on the list.

Jun11

Gelli prints with leaves….5 prints

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Gathered some leaves while on my daily walk through the park with Stewie…..

Then of course I had to try some gelli printing…I saw this beautiful textured photograph that served as my inspiration. You can check it out here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/prairiejill/6209411989/

It looked like it could have been done by gelli-printing so I decided to try it.

Needless to say, nothing really worked to look like the effect in the photo, but I got 5 interesting prints, all multilayered using the leaves as resists and then ghosts. I will crop them down to the “good parts” and print them onto fabric eventually.

So, these are the 5 prints:

white001 blue001 ornage001 pink001 red001You will notice that I used the same leaves over and over again- I think the acrylic paint coating will help to preserve them, for even more printing.

Poor Stewie- I told him I would only be about 10 minutes….and 2 hours later…..Australian Shepherds are smart, so they know when they are being toyed with…..I think we need to form Gelli-Printers Anonymous to deal with our addictions!

 

2 extra prints added later: see here on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coolquilting/9020497396/