tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26738397648001995952024-02-07T21:38:56.664-05:00The Effervescent EphemeralShannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-32991591315370728272013-10-02T23:20:00.002-04:002015-01-12T03:21:24.192-05:00WE FUCKING FORGOT (AGAIN)<br />
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I am currently showing work at the Venture Compound! The opening
reception is come and gone, but there will still be several chances to
come check it out.<br />
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The show ends October 19.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/416792141758711/" target="_blank"><b>WE FUCKING FORGOT (AGAIN)</b></a>Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-51843275482501969702013-10-02T21:22:00.000-04:002013-10-02T21:26:28.468-04:00ReturnIt has been about a year since I have posted here. I am so sorry! I am not sure if I ever had any "regular visitors", per se, but I still feel bad for leaving this to sit untended to for so long.<br />
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So, basically, the rundown. I was required to keep up a blog for a couple of my courses in the last semester, which also happened to coincide with my thesis and graduation. I had every intention of adapting over the more relevent parts over to this blog as soon as I had the chance but just got caught up in post-graduation life. There has been some big changes of course, which I plan to write out... well, nowish.<br />
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My first plan is to adapt some of those post from my other blog. After that I will try to play catch up to where I am at now, and maybe I'll even get to some of those link posts I am oh so fond of. I am still considering if I want to back-date these posts to reflect when they would have happened. So... be on the look out for new-old posts as well. Also, look forward to posts in a potentially more informal tone than I usually use. I know some of you have requested that in the past.<br />
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It's good to be back.Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-311424737800682822013-10-01T23:16:00.000-04:002013-10-02T23:16:29.789-04:00International Street Photographer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So for the past few months I have been working as a writer for International Street Photographer Magazine, which is headquartered right in St. Petersburg. It's a very exciting project, and I am incredibly happy to be involved with it. Its creator, Billy Joe Hoyle, is endeavoring to make it the "National Geographic of Street Photography".<br />
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The magazine is brand new, and just released its first issue last month (featuring three of my articles). We plan to have bi-monthly releases, and are currently in gear for our November release, which will coincide with the <a href="http://www.miamistreetphotographyfestival.org/" target="_blank">Miami Street Photography Festival</a>. We plan to have writers out there at the event, and, schedule granted, I hope to be one of them.<br />
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You can check out one of my articles on <a href="http://www.ispmag.com/" target="_blank">ISP's website</a> or order a copy and read all of them.<br />
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So check out our work and tell me what you think!Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-87288561655494768862012-12-06T22:09:00.000-05:002014-09-13T21:16:10.417-04:00Dream-EaterThis is the story of a project that sort of came, was, and fizzled out. I have a finished result, but I am not exactly happy with it, so feel.... disinclined to share.<br />
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The original idea for Dream-Eater was as follows:<br />
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The project would take place in two parts. The first would be in which I place papers around well trafficked areas and perhaps create posts on online sites in which I would ask, anonymously, for people to send me their wishes in one or two sentences. To this end I would print out fliers with my request and large blank spaces in which to write. I would gather these wishes up at the end of a pre-determined time span.<br />
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The second part would involve me hand writing these wishes onto an edible rice paper (or similar) and placing them into a decorative box. I would then film myself taking out each with, one by one, reading them and then devouring them and taking them into myself. I would most likely use some sort of costumery to “deify” myself.</blockquote>
I started posting fliers around the USF area. I got responses within hours
of posting them, so things were already looking well.<br />
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I also had some conversations with my friend (a painter and performing
artist who does costuming similar to the kind I want to feature) about
the makeup, and it led to discussing camera angles and the
personification of western and eastern type gods and how they are shown
and "read" as deities.<br />
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I also posted to various online outlets and wait for people to give me their dreams.</div>
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So of course all of my fliers got taken down for reasons unknown.
Cleaning staff? Zealous students? Hard to say. Similar posters had
stayed much longer. That put me in a bit of tough spot of course... all
of my material had vanished into thin air. After a bit of panicking, I
considered my options. I could solicit the internet some more, though
that'd had very little success before, or I could ask random
pedestrians, or find some other source of wishes. I asked some of my
classmates, but realized this was the long slow way of doing things and
not exactly the best use of my time.<br />
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So what was a girl to do? I started searching the phrase "I wish" in
Google, but only ended up with song lyrics and websites. So, in a stroke
of genius, tried the same search on Tumblr and Twitter. Tumblr was a
little too image heavy, but twitter was a gold mine. Over a couple hours
I had a treasure trove of shallow, vacant desires. This of course
drastically changed the feel of the piece, but I was not opposed to this new direction. Besides, we used to burn
our wishes to send them away to the gods, and aren't tweets a little
like that?<br />
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Some sample tweets:<br />
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I wish I had all the weed I have ever smoked in a huge pile sitting in front of me. So I could smoke it again.<br />
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I wish I didn't get attached because this is killing me.<br />
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I wish Susan Rice would just blame this whole thing on Saddam Hussein so John McCain could feel safe again.<br />
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I wish halo gave out double xp codes for buying unsweetened tea or water or something. Anything but Mountain Dew<br />
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I wish I could press select and delete all of your clothes.<br />
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I wish I had a younger brother who was cool and came to me for girls advice and that. But no, mine showers annually<br />
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I wish I was in Egypt now.<br />
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I wish people would be more thankful for what they have....most seem so grumpy nowadays.....try living in a third world country!<br />
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i wish it was falling nuggs of weed instead of snow<br />
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I wish I was born in the 50's or 60's<br />
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I wish my eyes could take photos!<br />
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I wish Warren Buffett would stop writing op-eds and just write a check to Treasury to assuage his guilty conscience.<br />
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I wish I had a window seat with lots of pillows that I could sit by whilst I drank tea and read books.<br />
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I wish I had a theme song that played whenever I did something awesome.<br />
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I wish I could bake a cake made out of rainbows and smiles. I just have a lot of feelings.<br />
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I wish I could record my dreams and watch them later.<br />
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I wish I knew the people from twitter in real life... The majority of people I know in real life should be drowned at birth...<br />
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I wish I was a twitter whore :(<br />
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I wish all commercials were just fat guys talking about sandwiches</div>
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At this point I wondered if I should include
wishes I got from before they removed all of my fliers, and contemplated what sort of
costuming I should wear, what sort of setting I should use. In the meantime, my
conversations with friends had wandered into what evokes goddess or
spirit, and what kind of god I would be if I were the sort to eat
Twitter wishes. The latter actually affects the look quite a bit. I
can't help but be reminded of ravens, who like to collect shiny things,
and how a god like that might resemble one, covered in discarded bits of
knick knacks, feathers, and cloth. I may still opt for a more
traditional route.<br />
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I spent time making hair extensions and designing face paint. I chose a simple color scheme - blue on the top part of my face,
red below, with red gradation on my hands, like the Indian women who
dip their hands in henna or draw exquisite patterns for their weddings. I
wouldn't be able to do anything nearly as elaborate (I would have if I were capable
and had the time, and on my face as well), but I do love the idea of
that sort of color and reference, since the deity in my head seems more
vibrant and almost tribal. The red gradiant actually ended up being one of my favorite parts of the costume. Though, of course, I applied the paint too early during the day of the shoot, making doing anything without trailing red stains difficult.<br />
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The hair extensions were made using real human hair
of about my color (long story). I've made braids and threaded
colored strings and adornments into them. I held them together with
superglue. They were designed to be slipped up under a headband for easy
use during the day of the shoot. Elaborate costumes are great, but
spending hours doing my hair... not so much. Especially when I can use
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I ended up using printable cake paper to record the wishes culled from twitter. There were hundreds of them. I cut them up then spent an afternoon in my Goddess get-up devouring paper. I had some help, and switched up the camera angles for variation. Unfortunately, I had not vetted the set-up well enough and the final video ended up quite a bit darker than I had foreseen. I attempted to pull it out in post, but with dubious results. I don't even have any good pictures of me in costume!</div>
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Moral of the story? Art is full of little failures, some of which you can run with... some of which spoil the soup. You win some, lose some, and make more art.</div>
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(I am writing this in retrospect, so it is a bit less hot on the burner, so to speak. But here goes.) <br />
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The group consensus was toward a title/theme that reflected renewal, or the transition between school and the "real world". We settled on the word "Soon", written with an infinity.<br />
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We each took up parts in an effort to have a great show (though everyone took part in installation and breakdown). These included finding sponsors, arranging catering, designing the floor layout, making pamphlets and ads. I made <a href="http://soonusf.wordpress.com/about/" target="_blank">the website</a> and created a map of the final layout for the on site flier.<br />
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Overall it was a huge success, and tons of work. We had food, wine, and even a doughnut truck out front. The show took place at The Vault, a space in downtown Tampa.<br />
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I had my own room on the upper floor, and had to repaint it out of pocket, which reeaaally sucked, but I couldn't have been happier with the end result. It was one of the busiest rooms all night, however, which really puffed up my feathers.<br />
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My room had three walls of work, featuring the photos and poetry of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42363504@N08/sets/72157632216774325/" target="_blank">Return Inside</a> on two walls, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42363504@N08/sets/72157632216810757/" target="_blank">Vis-Ability</a> on the third. You can read more about both of those series on my Flickr page or website.<br />
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<br />Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-13579474928779459292012-11-29T22:18:00.000-05:002013-10-02T22:18:40.799-04:00Distortion in the StudioSo most of the feedback I got for my mask suggested I should just focus on
the material, rather than trying to mix it with the things I had been
doing before. I didn't actually mind this, it had been awhile since I'd
done a very formalist studio shoot and I wanted to explore the qualities
of the mask.<br />
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I arranged for my model to come back over and we arranged for a simple
black backdrop and lighting set up. A flashlight was the final key that
really brought it to life - the way I shown it on the surface and under
it really changed the way it acted and interacted with his form below. I
did my best to hide the seams, uncertain whether the construction would
be an issue, by making use of his lovely hair. I also liked the pure
aesthetic qualities of it as well. It played well with the light.<br />
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Should I care that I've abandoned my original concept? Or that it may not even mean anything anymore?<br />
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Here are some rough shots from the shoot:<br />
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Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-49807560855874300942012-11-28T22:14:00.000-05:002013-10-02T22:14:26.221-04:00Distortion MaskSo I got my first images out of the distortion mask, as I have been
calling it. I made it from a polarizing material and a bit of fishing
wire. The plastic is normally used on the inside of computer monitors,
and creates some fantastic effects when held in front of things - sort
of like a lens. It took way too long to make, and looks a little shoddy,
but it was severely trying to get it to not bend on my model's face
weirdly. When we finally finished the model was honestly a bit
frustrated and we were both a bit grumpy so we post-poned shooting for
another day.<br />
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When it did come time to shoot we snuck into a public park in the middle
of the night, but honestly it was drastically too dark. Before, when
shooting the plague doctor, the full moon and city lights were on my
side. This time I felt I had nothing. I experimented with a few things
and arrived at several different points, but honestly I am not sure how
well they are working.<br />
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Here are a few:<br />
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Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-33722653154257021882012-11-07T21:53:00.001-05:002014-09-13T21:27:21.390-04:00Return Inside Part 2So, after a series of model problems slowly resolved themselves to the positive
end, all I had left to do was take the photographs. Easier said than
done. All manner of set backs muddied my progress, but eventually we got
everything together - a flowy dress, a cake, some people, a high
velocity fan, the plague doctor, the fabric, and my model.<br />
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The model was a bit apprehensive at first - the dress was much more
sheer than I'd had any knowledge of, and she didn't relish prancing
about in "her knickers". Luckily, only a couple of the shots included
the dress, but I couldn't exactly cut them (one was
the necessary counter to the image I took earlier, with my other model).
We ended up doing it was a pair of long socks and bicycle shorts, and
after a good hundred shots of us throwing around fabric in the blowing
fan, all I had left was too composite. And honestly that was the longest
I have ever worked on a photograph. Paintings and drawings, sure, but
never a single photograph.<br />
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Even after it was done I ended up tweaking it on several occasions,
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The other images required work in other ways. The lighting was
frequently solid and well composed, but the plague doctor figure was
still too "fake". Despite my best efforts, he looked like exactly what
he was - a man in a glorified Halloween costume. I suppose it is to my
credit that the mask looks store-bought and not hand made, but I had to
do something. That "something" ended up being a lot of burning in
Lightroom, pulling the Plague Doctor out of shadows that had never
really existed in the original image, as if he was rising from the
depths of some great, uneasy darkness. My lighting professor always did
remind us that often the error was in over-lighting and giving too much
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Why I failed in this to begin with is uncertain. Perhaps too much
dependence on a one directional strobe for lack of other lights, perhaps
feeling rushed by the needs of the model, or some over-thinking on my
part due to the importance of this body of work. I simply cannot say.
Whichever reason I do not dislike the end results, so it all turned out
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Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-4090219000571632462012-11-07T21:53:00.000-05:002013-10-02T21:53:19.437-04:00Rich PeopleSo the "Rich People" photoshoot went off rather well. My friends and I
gathered early, scoping thrift stores in the area for clothes resembling
those of the well to do, but on a budget. The trickiest member of our
group to dress was Justice, a frighteningly slender man whom suits just
weren't made to fit. A window display brought a stroke of inspiration,
however, when we decided to give him a suitably prep school look.
Brennan's look was the most last minute. He used an old shirt and slacks
he had, and a jacket and tie I dug out from my closet. The red was
amazingly striking in the images, so it was a rather positive turn of
events. If only I had noticed his shoes!<br />
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We also acquired a few wine glasses, a bottle of cheap (but tasty) wine,
and even cheaper cran-grape juice that would cut the costs even further
but still be read as "wine", as well as one dollar squirt guns and
(more thrift store goods) golf clubs. All in all it probably cost me
fifty bucks out of pocket.<br />
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No one would ever mistake us for the filthy rich, but honestly I am more
than fine with that. It's a farce, a parody, a satire. This is not what
rich people actually do, but boy does it play a wonderful mockery to
that end.<br />
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I took a particularly large amount of shots, and even when I weaseled it
down to "very good" shots I was at a rather number, over fifty. I
cleaned it out even further, down to 27, which I arranged in a grid for
showing purposes - though honestly I prefer them larger.<br />
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Here are a few good ones, you can see the rest on my site:<br />
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Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-11554256872281425992012-10-24T21:51:00.000-04:002013-10-02T22:19:34.419-04:00Rich People BeginningsBasically this started with an idea that was brought up on a long car ride some time ago, and I only recently realized I simply had to do it as an art project.<br /><br />The premise of the conversation eventually went something along the lines of what sort of things the highest echelon of society do with all those expensive clothes they change out every season. The quote that sparked this endeavor was essentially, said in a completely sarcastic, faux aristocrat voice, "Oh dear, I seem to have spilled my wine all over your dress, ha ha"<br /><br /><b><br /> In summary: a parody, mockery, or satire of the filthy rich (maybe jealousy?). </b><br /><br /><br />So for this event to happen we need to:<br /><br /><br />Hit up a thrift store or two the day before or rather early the day of.<br /><br /><br />Buy suitable well fitting clothes.<br /><br /><br />Buy boxed wine, squirt guns, and maybe fake money.<br /><br /><br />Head to lettuce lake park or similar venue before sunset and take glorious images.<br /><br /><br /> Dress in fancy clothes, fill squirt guns with wine, ruin everything, all while photos are being taken. Act like affectatious rich white people.Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-83409895144212550732012-10-22T23:04:00.000-04:002013-10-02T23:04:31.691-04:00Pinned<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Featuring my series "Attraction". No framed works were allowed, everything had to be pinned to the well. Here is a crummy cell phone shot of my work on the gallery wall:<br />
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<br />Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-35593759539015455472012-10-18T21:49:00.000-04:002014-09-13T21:32:51.940-04:00Return Inside Part 1<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This series of images is the start of the work I am making towards my
thesis show. These sort of represent... one half of a coin, per se. I am
trying to create a dream-like, drifting or floating feeling, that of
being lost and disoriented. The fantasy motif was mentioned, but frankly
I do not mind it very much, if anything it only adds to the
otherworldly nature of it. I hope it does not remove the viewer too far
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These images are largely unplanned. I had taken a walk, in a sort of
halfway delirious state, some days before these shots were taken. I went
down to the marina with my boyfriend (a place of personal significance
to me, though that is irrelevant to this shoot) and I recall being
struck by certain images as I went, sort of congealing into my thoughts.
I later took it upon myself to retrace my steps and see if I could
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In the grand scheme of things, I think about these images in the sense
of poetry - as invoking a mood or head space, visually immersive - which
will hopefully, when viewed which my larger scope of images, create a
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Fingers crossed.</div>
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So earlier I posted pictures of the large scale ink and gouache painting I had done, combining Chinese and Indian style idioms. I did the ink first, mounting the rice paper to a larger and firmer piece of rice paper using a rice-paste method which flattens and smooths out the lot of it, which can wrinkle quite a bit in the painting process. I then applied the gouache, hoping that it would be sturdy enough to take the application.</div>
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It wasn't, especially after I changed plans midway (from rainbow patterns to pure silver). The piece was left warped and wrinkled. So, not to be defeated so easily, I looked up methods normally used to flatten warped watercolor pieces, figuring that, though the rice paper was thinner, the ink was indelible. The only worrisome bit was the gouache.</div>
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The actual process was relatively simple. I got a large sponge and dampened the back of the piece, working from the inside out like I do to apply adhesives or whichever. I then sandwiched the painting between a couple layers of scrap newsprint on either side. I then put all of that between two pieces of hardboard and stuck a giant box of books on top of it. It did wonders. Some of the lake bits are still not perfectly flat, but I think that owes more to the layers of paint. Everywhere else is as flat as when I first mounted it.</div>
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Some comparison shots:</div>
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<br />Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-26290193421681566512012-09-23T21:44:00.000-04:002014-09-13T22:07:16.779-04:00I think I
just want to... disappear people. Leave nothing but the traces.<br />
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Of course then the debate becomes whether I want them to essentially
walk up and leave, float away, evaporate, keel over dead, be arrested,
eaten by wolves, abducted by aliens or whatever.<br />
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Now, in the semi-recent events surrounding Harold Camping's
rapture-end-is-nigh spiel, there were quite a few people doing things
that looked like this:<br />
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Honestly though, while it was rather funny at the time I don't currently
find it all that interesting. Aliens aren't much better. I feel a more
subtle approach might be best - as if perhaps someone were taken
forcefully from a room, but not in a graphically violent way. Tipped
over chairs, spilled cups, open doors. Leaving the impression that
someone was taken, or had to leave in quite a hurry and creating a host
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Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-61206039620128548202012-09-23T17:09:00.001-04:002012-09-23T17:31:34.141-04:00VisabilityI have some images of my latest series! These aren't the final documentation photos, and some of the colors may be a touch off, but they are decent for the most part and I can't resist sharing. I debated it for awhile, but finally caved. Do keep in mind they look much better in person. I know, I know, people say that all the time, but there are a lot of sculptural details in the wax (hand carving and layering) that simply don't show up in these photos.<br /><br /> Visability - Mounted photos, ink on rice paper, wax 17.5x11.5<div>
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<br />The process is... interesting to say the least. I printed the images off and then mounted them on hardboard/masonite, requesting the guy at the hardware store (Derek) to, essentially, cut the board on the inseam so that my photos would not potentially have problems covering the full space, which turned out to be a solid move.<div>
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<br />I knew I didn't want a clean cut on the rice paper, since the look falls into the grunge aesthetic. The solution to that was simple enough - a clean brush dipped in water and traced around the figures allowed me to tear the paper in various ways without risking the images. I thought of the idea when I remembered a line of water as the easiest way to break off segments from the roll (if you didn't care about it being smooth, that is).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />I found out through experimentation that if I rushed things and applied any wax coating before the rice paste had completely dried after applying the ink drawings to the photo that instead of enhancing the paper's ethereal qualities it instead actually made it more opaque (rice paste is a traditional tool used for mounting ink drawings done on rice paper, or for various kinds of collage work - very handy stuff. The ink is indelible after drying, as opposed to, say, watercolor). Having to work over the course of days killed me, as I am not known for being patient.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />After heating the wax in a crock-pot until liquid, I applied it using a very thin fan brush, creating a light layer to start with over the entirety of the paper parts. I then built it up by adding more wax in sections and creating textures with drips, brush-strokes, and splatters.<br /> <br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />When the wax had cooled (which takes no time at all), I used a tool that resembled a hair stick (which resemble chopsticks or skewers) and carved into the wax which always remains relatively soft, creating accents, detail, and figural relief. I could have worked deeper, but I wanted enough thinness to let the ink show through without the wax obscuring. If I do something like this again, I might also use woodcut stamps to add design work into the piece.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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All of these are available for sale, and all have a limited supply (the pins especially) so let me know if you are interested in the comments or through an email. Or whatever. I am not picky.<br />
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Now back to work for me. Time to finish some art!Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-10146151455104404522012-09-18T13:21:00.001-04:002012-09-18T13:21:38.607-04:00Sleep is a talent I never had, anywayI actually am doing rather well for how little sleep I got last
night. I stayed up all night making ink drawings on rice paper to use
for my current project. Which is largely photo based. Go figure.<br />
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Anyway,
in a gross misuse of technology I was using my Cintiq monitor as a
lightboard of sorts. It worked surprisingly well, and the ink was
rendered harmless by a coating of saran wrap. Felt or similar fabric is
generally more preferable as a working surface for ink on rice paper, as
it readily soaks up the excess, but one does what they must. The rice
paper was too thick for highly detailed transfers, so I mostly just
marked down the more key elements and shadows, filling in the details
using those reference points. It worked well enough and it certainly
didn't hurt that I was going for a relatively wet and grungy feel to
begin with.<br />
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I really wish I had, at some point, taken
pictures of the endeavor. The thought did occur to me at times, but I
was always too preoccupied with making the images. And also hoisting a
monitor sideways on my lap (inconvenient when I accidentally clicked the
side buttons every now and then).<br />
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This is really the
reason I stayed up so late, the preoccupation that is. I was totally in
the zone, and was thoroughly convinced that I was wide awake and it was
simply the best idea to see it through as I was producing work that I
was happy with. This lasted until I was done, when I was immediately
assaulted by a wave of exhaustion and was staring down only a couple
hours of time for sleeping.<br />
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I end with a teaser about the project I mentioned above. That photo surely must be the penultimate achievement of my artistic career, don't you think?Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-39049388713701304562012-09-17T02:53:00.005-04:002012-09-17T02:53:55.880-04:00"My Favorite Artistic Advice"I was trying to help out an aspiring yet struggling artist today when I recalled a stellar video that it took me ages to dig up from the internet again. So, since I put in all the work I will share it here as well.<br />
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It really is quite good.<br />
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Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-63576070826028981812012-09-06T21:35:00.000-04:002013-10-02T23:27:11.665-04:00Consent, Assignment and ReleaseThis is transcribed loosely (with none of the specific details) from the cards I hand out at work. This covers, in fine print, the back of the card:<br />
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CONSENT, ASSIGNMENT AND RELEASE<br />
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By consenting to [] representatives photographing my image and/or the image of a minor (each, an “Image”), I am (1) representing that I am at least eighteen years of age and, if applicable, the parent and/or legal guardian of the minor being photographed, (2) consenting to the Image(s) appearing and/or used in any medium currently existing and hereafter developed, including, without limitation, on the associated [] website located at [] (the “Website”), without any compensation to me or the minor or any heirs or successors, (3) assigning to [] and it’s parents and affiliates all worldwide right, title and interest in or to such Image(s), and (4) releasing in perpetuity [all involved peoples] or [any entity which now, or in the future, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with [previous peoples] and subsidiaries and affiliated entities thereof] from any claim of right in respect of such Image(s), including, but not limited to, claims of false endorsement or rights of publicity or privacy.<br />
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If you wish to have your Image removed from the Website or have any other questions, please contact us at []</blockquote>
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I find this particularly interesting because I severely doubt it is any way legally binding. It is a seemingly pompous gesture. For the record, when we actually want to use a family's image for promotional we always have them sign a model release.Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-78270844774810156332012-09-03T21:34:00.000-04:002013-10-02T21:35:21.398-04:00Tick TockI am trying to find
volunteers to sit for me; people with disorders, disabilities, or other
such conditions that are not readily apparent. I have been having okay
luck with it. It's not been a desert, but it is less than I would like.
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How many people do I even need? I haven't even decided myself. I had one
friend volunteer, but he won't be available until much later, and by then I will need to switch gears again. The idea
is terrifying in itself. I am not sure I will have enough time. I
usually don't feel so panicked until much later in the semester. I hope
my own disorders don't start acting up.<br />
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I have also been working on a project revolving around "persona", one I had been contemplating
for the past months - I had just not made the final connections until now. The persona
is that of a peppy, friendly, entirely over-enthusiastic photographer of
souvenirs. That is, the persona I have subconsciously crafted to do my summer
job at the stadium. An entirely different kind of photographer than I am
in the "real world". So what would happen if the two actually met? What
if I tried to get people to take souvenir photos at say... Walmart? The
gas station?<br />
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I could give them cards, very much like the ones I have at my job -
complete with legalese - giving them a website where they could pick up
their photos. I would of course make said website. I could make silly
borders for the photos - like these were places people
actually visited as tourists. Big bold letters saying "McDonalds!
9-06-2006". I would try to convince the people to do silly things,
perhaps. See what I could get away with. And when people asked to take
photos of me (as the always do) I would say of course, by all means,
send them to the email on the website.<br />
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Some rather poor bamboo. I have better ones somewhere, mostly in piles of messy sketches and in my notebook. These two get the form wrong, and I was still learning to handle the ink.</div>
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Orchid leaves, blowing in a spring wind. I also learned to do the blossoms, but again I seem to have misplaced them or used them for blotters.</div>
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A variety of ways to paint a plum blossom branch. These were some of my favorite things to paint, the old gnarled gentlemen.</div>
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A painting based off of a traditional Chinese story, using a combination of Chinese and Indian idioms, as my my teachers referred to the patterns or practiced ways of making a form. The lake and various highlights are done in a silver guache. The piece has gotten a bit wrinkled in the painting/mounting/painting, so I am going to attempt some techniques I've researched usually used for flattening out watercolors. I will document the process when I do and post the results here. I'm hoping for the best.</div>
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Some shots of the reflective surface. This includes the water, blossoms, and accents on the clouds.</div>
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And this ridiculous collage. An exercise that I am still divided about. I like parts of it, whenever I dig down into it... but the overall... eh...</div>
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This is a ball jointed porcelain doll crafted by artist <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a href="http://www.enchanteddoll.com/" target="_blank">Marina Bychkova</a>. They are hand made, and hand painted, with fully articulated ball joints set with springs and soft leather.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">This doll <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330782709060#ht_4553wt_1165" target="_blank">sold for $26,700.50</a>.</span></div>
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I believe that these pieces are unquestionably art; though porcelain dolls are usually dismissed as craft, something never found in a modern art gallery. More akin to... Faberge eggs, perhaps. Personally I have always had a certain fascination with ball jointed dolls and doll making, and also in making molds and duplicates. The former I have no experience with personally, solely the latter. I would love to try my hand in it, but it seems a serious practice that would take me years before I saw results that I found satisfying.</div>
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So, if you like do leave me some comments about your opinion on craft and art - and about Marina Bychkova's work.</div>
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Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-36365470826718148562012-08-30T20:28:00.000-04:002012-08-30T20:28:29.664-04:00Plagued<br />
I am thinking a lot about images, and about iconography, right now. A deep discussion about my work and where I was taking it led to so much buzzing between my ears that I can barely tune it down. There are two projects currently being processed in my head:<br />
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One, which is very object-based, material focused. I want to gather together people with "invisible disabilities" - ones that are not readily apparent, and are thus often overlooked or even scoffed at - and have them sit with me in the studio or other such setting. I would take two photos - one with and one without my sitter. I would then use the the first to create an ink drawing of the sitter on rice paper. I have found, almost by accident during some ramshackle collage work that rice paper and rice paste make a wonderful semi-transparent overlay. Almost ghost-like. I could then paste the drawing of the sitter onto the photographic background so that the background would show through without overwhelming the drawing. I would like to see if I could also mix this application with a coating of wax to allow for some almost sculptural relief and further separation from the image. Maybe some stamps in the wax, who knows?<br />
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For my second trick, I would like to take my lovely plague doctors (the physical representation of my unpleasant medical condition) and bring them into more "real" settings, while still fabricating images of a surreal nature. I want to use a more classical look (less S&M, more preacher hats), having the character interact with or shadow myself in otherwise normal or pleasant situations. Except by me I mean someone else (funny - I am either being someone else or someone else is being me). I feel I want more control of these shoots and would like to remain in the directorial stance, rather than self portraiture. I've done an awful lot of that lately and I feel it would be trickier to capture the aesthetic I want to pin down. To complement these, I want the model (myself?) to also take part in scenes where she is seemingly lost, floating, in a dreamlike "other". I see these two realms coexisting with each other. It's a little tricky to explain, perhaps. In this avenue, I was reminded of artist <a href="http://shadenproductions.com/blog/">Brooke Shaden</a>, who I featured before, with her billowing dresses and floating girls. Reading her blog is rather informative, but I can't help feeling that I will need many shots and probably a leaf blower.<br />
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I was worried, then, after making these decisions and over my desire to use outside, dedicated models. Where would I find someone willing to sink in that sort of time? I made a posting on Facebook, asking for volunteers.</div>
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It took all of five minutes.</div>
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For some reason I don't think the rest of it will go so smoothly.</div>
Shannon Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17364854492396313802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673839764800199595.post-52387376402404779422012-08-28T18:02:00.001-04:002012-08-28T18:02:27.666-04:00We Fucking ForgotSo if you are tired of politics already (especially those living local, what with the RNC) then stop by the Venture Compound on 9/11 to have completely non-politics art based experience. The plan to have the place completely packed, if possible - and all art will be under $50 with the proceeds going directly to the artists.<br />
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I plan to have some things in it, but maybe not as much as I would like. At least stickers.<br />
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We Fucking Forgot, The Venture Compound, St. Pete. For more information: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/418062921563374/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.<br />
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