Talk to the Hand

Still thinking about hands and gathering images and information for a possible project. This pic of a falling cup nearly hit the bin - after lots of shots failed to produce a useable photograph. I eventually managed to get something to work on in The Gimp. I still haven't figured how to save images for the web using this software, so apologies if its a bit blurred.

I think it is quite dramatic now and sufficiently interesting to store in the project folder.

I am going to be travelling for a couple of weeks after Easter, so posts will be thin on the ground for a while. I hope I can use any free time to research. That's the plan anyway.

By the way - No cups were injured in the making of this work.

Trapped?

A sketch, two pebbles, one hand, a photo, Adobe Photoshop, a print, scan, and Gimp -there that tells you everything you need to know.

The pansy image I have been working on in recent months began life with the text 'trapped' - I took it out for the finished piece but decided to resurrect it on the pebble trapped in my hand and with the rising image of the pansy between my fingers. The scanned hand is a bit blurred and there is some kind of halo effect going on, so that needs some work.

The pebbles were collected from the Suffolk beach where I spent all my childhood summers with my aunt and are imbued with memory and emotions. They are so very tactile and beautifully coloured. The original image derived from a difficult personal situation and continues as a self-portrait.

I think I might carry on with this theme and see where it takes me - I am very keen on mixing media and re-using images, so this will tick all my boxes .