I went into an aviary with the birds yesterday and took this picture in Tv or time value mode on my camera. I chose a slow shutter speed because I wanted to show the action of the dove’s wings, Aperture: f16 Shutter Speed: 1/6 ISO 100
Archive for the ‘Artists' books’ Category
Happy Easter
March 23, 2008Putto with Poppy
March 21, 2008
Spring is here and the poppies are out showing their brightly colored petals against more muted backgrounds. I’m taking an online photography class at BetterPhoto.com. It’s a four week course in learning about the Canon Digital Rebel camera with Charlotte Lowrie. This photo was taken in the AV mode which allowed me to select a point of focus. I chose the putto’s nose to be the sharpest point of focus in the image.
Flophouse blogger
March 9, 2008
Instead of drinking a beer with a computer on my lap I’m sitting in the sun with a coffee from Bouchon. Instead of “BloggingChefs” I go to http://blog.foodista.com. This older woman is for Obama. My party animal is Miles shown here in a field of mustard. Photo shot yesterday with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera.
Library Selection, an artists’ book 1998
February 8, 2008
This Abecedarian or ABC book is an alphabet book made up of 26 words relating to wine. The unusual format is a wine shipping crate which I took apart and reassembled in a unique way. By stacking the panels that separated the wine I created pages to make up my dictionary. The TEXT, word and definitions are stamped on the wood PAGES.
A bottle of 1987 Trefethen Chardonnay in a stamped wood shipping container. 12″x13″x12″
Zellig
May 31, 2007
In Morocco, moushrabiyas or geometrical screens keep Muslim women hidden from view. These screens allow women to observe their surroundings without themselves being seen.
Sketches and photographs by Carla Trefethen Saunders.
Iris printing, on Somerset 175 gram soft white,
by Urban Digital Color.
Typography and letterpress printing
by Norman Clayton One Heart Press.
A limited edition of twenty copies and three artist’s proofs
Bound by John DeMerritt, Emeryville.
Copyright by Carla Trefethen Saunders
San Francisco, California 2000 $750.00
Outside my Window
May 5, 2007
Last weekend was Opening Day on the Bay. I was out walking and sketching while all the boats were streaming towards the Golden Gate Bridge. In one sitting, drawing on a long piece of paper, I recorded one of these opening days. Then, with a few brushstrokes of watercolor, I connected the sketches making a cohesive whole.
I’ve made an artist book using these sketches. The book is written, illustrated and bound by me. Materials used are vellum, raw canvas, cotton cord, and Somerset Velvet Enhanced 330 gsm. It’s printed on an Epson 9600 printer with archival ultra chrome inks. Printed by Trillium Press the artist’s book costs $75. Edition of 35. 2005 2 x 3 inches Accordion fully extended 7 feet.
