Check out the summer edition of Room Magazine with a publication of my Ladies of the Galaxy photoetching.
Ladies of the Galaxy, Nadia Baker, 2005
Photo Etching (6-7/8″ x 9″)
The printmaking method is intaglio. This is where the ink forming the design is printed from the recessed areas of the matrix. Photo-etching with solar plates involves printing an image on a transparency, exposing a light sensitive copper plate, and developing the plate.
This past weekend I had the pleasure of enjoying two solid days of the Powell Street Festival in it’s 34th year at Oppenheimer Park. The park was renovated in 2009 and now sports a magical play area for kids and big kids like me. It also has lots of welcoming gathering areas including benches, seatwall, patio spaces, horseshoe pitch, basketball court, and activity center.
Back to the playground that stole my heart…
Elements include:
WATER PUMP WITH FLOW GATE AND MEANDERING WATERWAY
CLIMBING POLES/STICKS
BIRD’S NEST CLIMBER
CONCRETE TREE STUMPS OF VARYING SIZES AND HEIGHTS
GIANT DISC SHAPED SWINGS WHICH FIT UP TO 5 LITTLE PEOPLE
ALL VERY POPULAR WITH THE KIDS
I could not resist snapping this fun food art at the Chinatown Night Market.
Drive By Press brings printmaking to the people. On Friday May 21, 2010 they visited Malaspina Printmakers for their last and only Canadian stop on their 1.5 year tour. The wheels for this latest tour was a Honda Element housing their portable press and over 3000 prints they’ve collected from artists along the way. They demonstrated relief printmaking. The Malaspina Studio was transformed into a Gallery exhibiting works from contemporary North American Printmakers. It was a feast for the senses.
During each stop DBP collects prints from area artists, amassing the largest collection of contemporary prints from across the country!
Transformer 167 Awake? Photo-etching with chine colle, 7-7/8" X 9-7/8"
My piece, Transformer 167 Awake?, was chosen to be exhibited in the Regionalism show.
REGIONALISM: NEW ART BY NORTH AMERICAN PRINTMAKERS
April 2 – May 28, 2010
Curated by: Clare Fox, Kristen Gallerneaux, JenClare Gawaran, Drew Iwaniw, Gualberto Orozco, and Bernard Brooks
On view at the Downtown Initiative for The Visual Arts
110 W. Broadway – Eugene, Oregon 97401
Regionalism is an exhibition of works on paper by contemporary North American printmakers that will attempt to provide the viewer with a necessarily limited overview of new, experimental printmaking and related techniques as practiced from region to region throughout our continent. This international show will feature work by a diverse group of artists from New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, California, Oregon, Washington, Canada, Mexico, and more.
Bernard Brooks, the Exhibits Director, sent some photos and images from the show. Regionalism Show Photos
Spring has hit Vancouver. Hooray!
“Spring has sprung,
The Grass has riz,
I wonder where the boidies is?
Some say the boid is on the wing,
But that’s absoid!
The wing is on the bird!”
–Ogden Nash
This poem is a childhood favourite. My dad recites it the best.
Fox Sparrow, Colony Farm Regional Park, Coquitlam, BC. This is a photo I took during a recent bird ID course.
Spring at Banana Republic in Portland, Oregon
Spring Inspired Public Art - Natural metal relief design on the side of Nordstrom (department store) in Portland, Oregon.
Leibwächter, originally uploaded by Peonia69.
DSC_7088_col Originally uploaded by JaMaFi
Schnaps pause - I had no idea. Great title.
schnaps pause Originally uploaded by dridri
Carnival celebrations in Switzerland have just come to an end. I just love the creative costumes, fun makeup and marching bands. I haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing this in person yet. I’m living the moment vicariously through the wondeful word of Flickr. I would love to be there for this one year. Basel is renowned for its Fasnacht celebrations.
Trimpin – Seattle Based sound artist, kinetic sculptor, musician, and composer
I was first treated to Trimpin’s musical sculptures in Seattle at the Frye Art Museum. Imagine the sight and sound of dozens of colourful hanging wooden clogs being hammered by mallets. The musical score computer programmed.
Well as part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, Trimpin’s work Sheng High was featured at BOB’s temporary gallery space in Chinatown. This work involved a series of large hanging bamboo pieces outfitted with reeds. They were systematically lowered into baths of water thereby pushing air through the reeds to produce a sound. The musical score read by laser. A wonderful combination of sight and sound.
With 20 robotic searchlights at your disposal why not design your own light show/sculpture? This interactive public art is part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
The lights are located on either side of English Bay with 10 in Vanier Park and 10 in Sunset Beach. Choose which lights to use, target their location and height in the sky, and choose a style (pyramid, parallel, or grid). Google Earth is there to help you visualize your creation. Once your design has been broadcast brightly across the night sky, you will receive your own personal webpage with photos of the real thing. You can even dedicate your show to someone.
At the downtown Vancouver Holt Renfrew Fashion meets Sport in this wonderful winter-scape inspired by the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.
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Downtown Vancouver Aritzia store hosts the abominable snowman.
He’s one a Gold for looking cool on the slopes.