light drawings
i have made light drawings for the last 25 years in my garden, using specimens grown there.
i make them on sunny days, mostly in summer…but each season yields beautiful ingredients.
i love the tactile, unpredictable process, and how it preserves the garden’s plants, on paper.
light drawing is a 180+ year old photographic process that does not use a camera. instead, light sensitive pigments are painted onto watercolor paper under cover of darkness. then, once the paper is dry, specimens are placed on top out and brought out into bright sunshine. after a period of time, the sunshine+ paper + pigments create a chemical reaction, leaving a shadow of the specimen on the paper.
each light drawing is unique and impossible to replicate, an alchemistic moment captured on paper.
these light drawings have been featured over the years in Bloom, selvedge, martha stewart living, food & wine, and for sale at alabama chanin, john derian, heath ceramics, hable gallery, terrain, west elm, sugar tools & a handful of other small shops.
to purchase one, please head over to my shop page to see what is currently available, as they are all one-of-a-kind and inventory is constantly changing with the seasons.
i have been making light drawings in my garden for over ten years...each one is one-of-a-kind, and is a good reminder of the tactile, alchemistic process of early photography. it is impossible to control how they turn out and that is a great thing.
they range in size from very small, 2 x 3", on up to 24 x 30" and beyond...and are made in the cyan or the sepia color.
for more info, please visit the shop or contact me.
