Looking at one photograph at a time
San Clemente Pier, copyright 2022/2023 Douglas Stockdale – Honored that my artwork for our 2023 Season's Greeting card is now matted and framed (without glass) and is in the permanent collection of one of my collectors. I am told that this will be a seasonal display in their home, which is just fine with me. Beats the... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series, No. 8847-1) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – After realizing that my classic cyanotype pre-made chemicals have an expiration, I have spent the majority of January reprinting many of earlier cyanotype prints for my Entanglement series with 'fresh' solutions. Last week, while using another pair of classic cyanotype chemicals (solutions A&B) that I purchased last... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement No. 1219-12) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – This is probably more of a Public Service Announcement to the Alt Processing Community as to my recent lesson's learned. Early on in my cyanotype journey I had read in someone's well known book that the cyanotype solutions can last forever, even when the Ferric Ammonium Citrate (FAC or... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglements series, #9515-4) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – With 2023 coming to a close, I need to post a shout-out that I have been writing about art and photography here since 2007, which has been an interesting 15 years of publishing my random thoughts on art and photography. I am not sure that this is much... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Last Iceberg series, #101325 version #2) copyright 2014/2023 Douglas Stockdale – When I started to consider how I might increase the visual presence of my Last Iceberg series, one of the first thoughts that came to mind was what-if these Last Icebergs could provide us with an distress message as to what the full extent of... Continue Reading →
Untitled (The Last Iceberg series, #9200 Solo Voyage) copyright 2022/2023 Douglas Stockdale – Last week I wrote an article about working with a back-stitch on one of my Entanglement cyanotypes and how I came up with an idea of how to potentially represent the barb's along the barbwire fences. Which then led me to consider other alternatives to... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series, #6908-2) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – When I recently learned to use an embroidery back-stitch on my cyanotype prints for one of Last Iceberg series prints, I realized that using the back-stitch on one of my recent Entanglement series cyanotypes (above) could be ideal solution to a problem I had encountered. I had found... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series #8182-11 Zoning) copyright 2019/2023 Douglas Stockdale – My Entanglement project that gained a Critical Mass 2023 Finalist recognition continues to evolve and morph. It has changed to the point that there is still a slight visual resemblance, but now with a stronger emotional and visual edge. Concurrently, I am continuing to learn more about... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Last Iceberg series, #101325) copyright 2014/2023 Douglas Stockdale - Necessity is the mother of invention, which recently for me meant learning another embroidery design trick that I can incorporate into my cyanotype prints; the back-stitch. First came the concept that I was attempting to investigate. Up to now I have been using what I... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) copyright 2018/2023 Douglas Stockdale - While tweaking my cyanotype prints and artist statement for my Critical Mass 2023 Finalist project and I have been also working on some visual alternatives. I discussed earlier the concept of incorporating a red line as a visual metaphor for the redlining that occurred in the 1930's... Continue Reading →
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