Selected Processes

Bioplastics

bi·o·plas·tic
/ˌbīōˈplastik/
noun
plural noun: bioplastics
a plastic derived from biological substances rather than from petroleum, many types of which are biodegradable.

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Bio-laminate made from glycerin, gelatin, graphite and natural materials, hanging on carbon steel with neodymium magnets.

Red Algae on a glass slide 

Glass slides with red and green algae specimens

This computer shows the image that is being photographed through the microscope, it is of Egeria Densa which is a waterweed.

Slime Mold being processed as a stacked image. 'Stacked' is when a series of photographs taken at minutely different points of focus are stacked together to create an image with greater depth of field. Depth of field is greatly reduced in microscopic imaging, this time consuming process can enable one to capture a greater depth of field and therefore more detail. 

Imaging North Star Coral, lighting plays an important role in microscopy as it does in all photography. 

Big Mama, Intaglio Press at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NYC

working directly on plexiglass creating an image that will be transferred to paper with ample pressure from the press

RBPMW, NYC

a new piece of paper registered on the plate, it will be covered with newsprint, then two blankets before being run through the press

RBPMW, NYC

monotype print and plexiglass plate side by side just out of the intaglio press

RBPMW, NYC

monotypes on the drying rack at RBPMW, NYC

naked stone on the press ready to be inked

Shoestring Press, Brooklyn, NY

lithography processes are quite slow, working on multiple stones allows for some staggering between layers and etches

Shoestring Press, Brooklyn, NY

working back into the stone with reductive and additive processes 

Shoestring Press, Brooklyn, NY

after the next layer is etched and inked revealing the latest iteration of imagery picked up by the ink 

Shoestring Press, Brooklyn, NY

traditional stone lithography, inked stone ready for paper and to be run through the press 

Shoestring Press, Brooklyn, NY

traditional stone lithography, working back into the stone

Shoestring Press, Brooklyn, NY