Abstract by StephenReed
DSC_0283, by stuart allen
The fight (2021), Linocut by RM
Untitled by raoul weiller
Colorful channels, San Francisco Bay mud, by Michael Rymer
Aerial photograph of colorful channels in former salt-evaporation ponds, San Francisco Bay mud, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California. This site is immediately west of Facebook and the image area is about the same size as the Facebook campus.
Goodbye Mr Hayward, by Croydon girl
Valencia Bridge, by David Kutschke
BLACK PROPHET 7 (2022), Linocut on Canvas by Tosin Oyeniyi
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. wikipedia
In the space between cosmic chaos and soul lightening by Deger Bakir
Main Image, by guest of nature
'Miracles And Wonders' by jesse treece
'Golden Door' by Mariano Peccinetti
'Portal' by Andres Gamiochipi
'Portal in the Woods' by Eugenia Loli
Above, by Caroline Alkire
Above, by Gareth Halliday
Above, Memory Hole, by Alex Coll
Above, Postcards from Tomorrow XII, by Alex Coll
Above, Tapping the Cosmic Tambourine, by Andres Gamiochipi
Above, Pipe Dreams, by KieranSperring
Die Pink Floyd Kuh (2021), Linocut, Conté and Tempera by Margreet Duijneveld
Perplexity, by Otto Berkeley
Hidden away at Lorrimore Square in South London is St Paul's Church, which I came across during September's Open House weekend. The church is a small but remarkable Grade II-listed building built in the late 1950s after the original church burned down during the second world war. Replacing the original 19th-century Victorian Gothic style is an innovative post-war design by John Wimbleton of architect practice Woodroffe, Buchanan & Coulter, built from a mixture of brick, copper and rubble stone from the old church.
I was drawn to the elegance of the triangular motif around the church and the way it represents the importance of the Trinity in Eucharistic worship, but there was also something remarkable about the balance the architecture struck inside the building: an abstract and almost minimalist quality to its structure, and at the same time an atmosphere within the church -- situated on the first floor above a day centre -- that was warm, welcoming and full of character. The Open House staff volunteering at the church were incredibly gracious about allowing me to photograph the interior from every angle, but I kept coming back to this look-up of the church's beautifully geometric roof, which seemed to convey the airy simplicity of the building's structure as well as its progressive design.
The image was straightforward to shoot -- with the camera resting on the ground, the settings dialled in and the exposures triggered using a shutter remote -- and equally straightforward to edit. Seven exposures were blended in Photoshop using luminosity masking, balancing darker exposures for the light streaming through the windows and brighter exposures to bring out the rich detail within the roof's steep timber. Once the exposures were blended, I used the Pen Tool to create a selection of the concrete frame, desaturating its warmer tones and then using my brighter exposures at a low opacity with the blend modes set to Soft Light and Screen. This helped to reinforce the bold framework within the image and created a nice contrast against the darker and more detailed texture in the timber.
Colour-grading the image was a mixture of Curves and Levels adjustments, with Colour Balance and Selective Colour adjustments to find the right combination of yellow, red and magenta. It was important to me to bring out the warm tones within the roof, but I was also wary of the image becoming an overload of red and orange, and used a Gradient Map to add a hint of dark blue in the shadows to offset this. The final result was a quick and easy image to capture and edit, but it was also one of the most rewarding to visit, with the aspiration and thoughtfulness of the building's design leaving a lasting impression.
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Ha! It was completely coincidental, but I do love the Aztec influence and art too....there's another Mexican printmaker I want to post, but was struggling to remember his name, hopefully I'll remember before the end of the week- his work is seriously impressive
Also I'm planning a 'Halloween Special' for both printmaking and collage so there should be a few skeletons for you to checkout
Glad you liked the post 👍
Hi, I took onboard your comment and checked out my local adult learning college. I've signed up to do a maths course, I'm going to see how it goes and try not to freak out or drop out!
I just think if I can make sense of day to day maths, I'll consider it time well spent. I would absolutely love to understand science and its mathy language, the mini test I had to had graphs to interpret (which I couldn't) so who knows....?
Anyway, thanks for the kind words, your encouragement and the friendly kick up the arse 👍 😍
Thanks for the informative link!
Amphibians can be delightfully weird in their breeding habits, off the top of my head there's the toad/frog that incubates their eggs on their back, with them hatching through the skin... I would find a link but I'm currently on mobile and also have sausage fingers
Gestating in the stomach and giving 'birth' via the mouth is quite something though....evolution has produced some really interesting solutions to ensure reproductive success
The gastric frog is part of a small series of extinct species including black rhino and dodo, which is depressing as it is artistic
One BIG burst of zing.....and then it's gone 😵💫
That's really lovely! Are you still friends or in contact with them today?
I was taken under the wing of a motherly school friend after I was ostracized and bullied by previous 'friend' group....I got my diagnosis 30+ years later
Impressive aren't they? I assume he has millions of glossy magazines available for when he gets creative
Thank you, I've starred your comment so I can use the link later on. They do have adult education classes near me so I can also see if that's appropriate.
Your mentioning about the science is partly why I'd like to understand maths, I love science and the natural world. I know when I'm watching BBC documentaries that the info is accurate, but I'd like to see how the maths proves and supports it.... or just be able to see the patterns it makes
Ironically, my dad was an accountant and would go through my homework when I was in primary school. You'd think he would be helpful and supportive? Nope, he get angry and shout and tell me to "just think".....!
I literally didn't have a clue where or how the correct answer was supposed to pop into my head. Not very helpful at all
As an autistic woman who was beyond inept at maths, I wish I'd had you as my teacher.
I can always remember the day when I found out I'd scored around 12% and 8% on my simultaneous equations homework, and the teacher went through it on the board... I was so embarrassed that I went bright red, and even worse, my glasses steamed up
I would love to understand and be able to do maths
I am currently in the act of my own version of 'skin cycling'
I've had a good look online for which actives have the research to back them up (some of which I was aware of before) and then try and arrange everything so it gets a fair distribution, without irritating the crap out of my skin (last time I went for it my skin got slightly fried)
So far it seems to be working, I'm about 2 months in. I can do an acid exfoliation, Tret, copper peptides in the pm with an evening off, and alternate between copper peptides and Vit C/antioxidants during the day....then restart the process for the next 4 days
Also I'm trying out NIODs CAIS (copper peptides) and FECC (eye serum, peptides, matrixyl etc) since May. I've been using them as much as I can within my routine, without combining them when I exfoliate and use Tret, Vit C etc
I think I can see a difference around my eyes, I'm still not sure about the rest of my face, I have been using them on my neck and above the ole' boobs....I'm not sure whether it's only the CAIS (or a combi with the aha/Tret) but my decolletage does look better and my neck too, less crepey
It's early days yet, but I will report back 😀
I love your work, it's like an updated voyager golden data disk packed with information....graphically elegant!
Really beautiful photo!
Some years ago, I saw a neat photo collage centered around power lines by some artist
Was it something like this?
I posted his work to collage sometime ago
I honestly thought it was David Tennant, sporting his David Ten-inch