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