ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: FINISH-END PT. 1

my first step in creating an amazing work using an alternative process, began with an idea. This final product could not be a flat image. My inspiration was this beautiful hand mirror i remember as a child exploring my great aunts bedroom. This mirror has bumps, and ridges, lines and details. and meaning. my other inspiration came from a photograph on my fridge. i walk by this photo of my long time deceased grandmother everyday, and think nothing of it, but its quite different for my mother. My mom walks by that picture everyday and tells her that she loves and misses her everyday. I decided i wanted to do something nice for my mom, its not too often me or anyone does that. I wanted my mom to be able to look at herself, and see her mother. this beautiful thought was quite hard to physically produce though. will talk about my process and struggles next post!

Transferring onto glass using SUPER SAUCE

for my alternative process, i wanted to transfer onto glass. i love the idea of seeing through the color. I used the super sauce transfer method, which is traditionally used on transferring onto metal. It was pretty simple to do, and came out pretty great. ill upload the original image, along with the image on a surface, and the image in my hand. The image is more intense when it is against a white surface. 

kaleidoscope

SO sadly i was told to look on how to print images onto a quilt we are gonna make i guess?... i'm so not into this idea at all as you can see. this website looked helpful on the subject. http://www.catswhoquilt.com/photoquilts.html

Also we were told to look up artists who use alternative processes.also not feelin that but this website has a few images i really enjoy. it says it is contemporary lens-less photography. very cool

http://kiernangallery.com/without-glass/

transferring images onto shirts

SO jaclyn took some pictures from some magazines, and newspapers, and things like that, with the goal of transferring them onto a shirt. she used a white t shirt, and i tried this process also, using a black tank top. My images were unsuccessful, i believe it was because my shirt was black. We did this using gel medium. coating the actual image with a tick layer of the gel medium, and quickly placing it on the shirt, assuring there are no air bubbles to ruin your image. then let it dry completely. after drying, carefully wet the paper enough so that u can gently rub it off in a circular motion, leaving only the transferred image. here is actual post on transferring images onto fabric

http://aeroplane8.blogspot.com/2014/02/alternative-process-printing-photos.html

Cyanotypes

Cyanotypes are prints made from a negative, using light exposure, some chemicals, and cotton paper. Watching Alix do this process was nice, and it seemed pretty simple. She showed us the finished product and it looked so great, but unfortunately the run she did here, did not work at all. The chemicals werent exposed to enough direct sunlight i think, making the chemicals basically do nothing. here is her own blog post on Cyanotypes, with materials and instructions. http://alixblair.blogspot.com/2014/02/cyanotypes.html

anthotypes with taylor!

Anthotypes are printed photos made from the juice and pigments of plants, and vegetables. Taylor did this using red cabbage. She took just some red cabbage and some water, blending it into a nice liquid, with a dark purple color. IT SMELLS AWFUL. DO NOT USE RED CABBAGE IT STANKS. Im sure it will come out beautiful though. here is the link to her blog post on anthotypes!

http://tumblinggdice.blogspot.com/2014/02/anthotypes.html

printing on glass!

i had this awesome idea of taking some dirt and some dead flowers and throwing them on a piece of glass. I dont want to completely cover up the glass with dirt, i want there to be some light coming through in some areas (Glass showing without dirt on it). I would have it supported by something so i can get underneath it, and photograph it. I thought that would be an awesome image. Since we are working with alternative processes right now, why not after photographing the image, transferring it onto glass. this site here has a list of materials, and steps to successfully print an image onto glass. http://www.instructables.com/id/Transfer-Photos-onto-Plexiglass/ hopefully ill be able to do a test run shortly.