Desk 2

May 5, 2013December 1, 2013 | Loraine

I’m a terrible sticky beak for other people’s spaces, especially workspaces, making spaces, offices, hideaways… I have a very small office hideaway of my own and although it’s a bit jam packed with stuff I love it and I love being at my desk in front of window that looks out onto the hedge. I feel peaceful, creative and optimistic here.

Shades of Grey and Green and Taupe

April 24, 2013December 1, 2013 | Loraine

Inspired by the shape of the bones and the broad nibs of these vintage Pantone marker pens (I’ve had these around thirty years!) I had a lovely time covering lots of surfaces with this simple shape. The transparency of the markers makes for interesting layers and depth – I added a little Copic marker – I’m a bit fixated on grey at the moment. And yes, I do get a little obsessed with a theme or process until I feel like I can pretty much explore it no more :).

Desk 1

April 17, 2013December 1, 2013 | Loraine

Sometimes I want to try everything at once. My desk gets covered in stuff. I’m thinking those osso bucco bones would make for nice shapes to print…

Pencil Swatch

April 10, 2013December 1, 2013 | Loraine

Sometimes it’s nice just getting to know your materials and tools again. Like catching up with old buddies.

Always With The Birds

April 8, 2013December 1, 2013 | Loraine

A few weeks ago I had a bit of a play with reproducing on the printer a small ink picture I’d done a while back – painting (colouring in!) has been great fun and an opportunity to play. Having plenty of copies to muck around with takes the pressure off having to stick with one colour scheme.

Full Moon Silhouettes

April 7, 2013 | Loraine

Full Moon Silhouettes from Mark Gee on Vimeo.
Click the clip to view full screen – this is very nice big.

Mark Gee –

“Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It’s something that I’ve been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.

The video is as it came off the memory card and there has been no manipulation whatsoever. Technically it was quite a challenge to get the final result. I shot it on a Canon ID MkIV in video mode with a Canon EF 500mm f/4L and a Canon 2x extender II, giving me the equivalent focal length of 1300mm.“

Music – Tenderness by Dan Phillipson : http://premiumbeat.com/royalty_free_music/songs/tenderness

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The rising moon or the setting sun still has the power to move us.

Big Leaves – Little Birds

March 26, 2013December 1, 2013 | Loraine

Last week’s wild, windy weather brought me an unexpected gift in the shape of a big, fallen nest. It’s the most fabulous structure and there’s no way my photography can do justice to the intricacy and sheer ingenious use of materials in this nest. I admire the perseverance it must take to gather and fashion this motley collection of both natural and man made materials into a home for infant birds. A strong bird built this one – heavy gauge wire, both new and rusted, small pieces of chicken wire (oh, the irony!) cotton, string, branchlets and hundreds of strands of varied fibres are built into this lovely sturdy nest. I’m in awe.

Birds have been on my mind. This weekend I spent a quiet hour or two playing around with disassembling photographs of things I’ve made previously and reassembling them with new components. The big, leathery leaves of Ficus macrophylla are particularly wonderful, changing colour from yellow to ochre and deeper brown on my desk as the days pass and I like the way copied driftwood from this piece remind me of seabird bones. Lots of connections – just like in the natural world.