Category Archives: Hand Made: Art and Craft

Wabi-sabi Wednesday

Wabi-sabi witness weather’s work. solid, water wed with wreckage, a withered wind whipped leaf within a well-worn wrapper. winter will not wait. WHAM! a wizard will work this into a range hood wrought worthy of a warm wok. (click photograph for larger view) Leica M8, 50 mm Summilux Asph

Whimsical Wednesday

Okay. Some weeks ago (over on the LUG) Wednesday acquired weird as an appropriate midweek photographic post; followed a week or two later by someone feeling more comfortable with wacky. As I consider photographs for this genre of midweek posts, whether new subjects or images from my archives, other related “w” words came to mind — such as wild, waggish (for […]

Fireplace Surround by Nathaniel Reinartz

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to photograph the beautiufl fireplace surround, hand forged by Nathaniel Reinartz; and installed in an equally gorgeous arts and crafts style home located on Milwaukee’s East side. Nathaniel brought many of the formal details of the original woodwork, as well as the masonry, into his metal work. Additional […]

Friday: flower — still life?

The flowering plants have fallen over, wilted, dried, gone to seed. Very little green remains “outside” — only the pines and some grasses. The days have become short and the light, more often than not, overcast, dull and gray. If I continue to produce a flower photograph each Friday it will require more planning; no longer simply a […]

Taking a photograph to make an illustration

I’ve posted this first example, of using a photograph as a jumping off point to create a digital illustration which suggests a work created with traditional art materials (such as pencils, brushes and/or paints), as a response to a conversation with another photographer. I contend that one has to use the digital tools to move […]