Welcome! This blog is devoted to my artwork: my photography, printmaking, and book arts projects. In the coming year the posts on Shades of Silver will document my progress of turning my project “A Year Long Portrait of Water’ into a series of books containing both traditional darkroom and photopolymer photogravure prints. I hope to show these processes in depth, and make this space an enjoyable place to come and learn a bit about these processes and my project.
Banning State Park
I am anxiously waiting to be able to go hiking at the state parks again. I am much more stable walking, and almost back to
Printing
I will be sharing with you more of the process of making the books for my series A Year Long Portrait of Water. As I
How it began…
It started with a photo assignment for myself… In spring of 2018, after a winter of feeling stuck and a bit uninspired, I decided to
The Year Long Portrait of Water
Perhaps the best place to start is to introduce myself and my project… I am a photographer… I am a photographer, documenting the memories
The Wind Is Passing Through
But when the trees bow down their heads…“The Wind Is Passing Through” Shovel Point, Tettegouche State Park, MN🎞 Expired Konica Infrared📷 Hasselblad 501c/m🧪 Xtol 1+1