Climate Spiral

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#ClimateSpiral, Alberta, altar, Climate spiral, Climatemarch, Flowers, heart, nature, portland, Project, sculpture, skulpture, spiral, spring, stawaproductions, works

This Climate Spiral, as I call the altar, is made on this day of the people’s climate march, toward the end of a week of solidarity.  It was inspired by hearing about the water blessings taking place in Washington DC before the day’s events begin.

I build this altar.  Recognizing that the earth is whole, and shall be fine.  Also recognizing that we are at choice, we can influence how quickly our planet changes and what will be lost.

Contemplate, make your choices, add your unique voice.

— more images at StawaProductions —

First Platinum Print!

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alternative processes, Black and White, cyanotype, hand made, Old Oak Up, palladium, platinum, printing, printmaking

A local photographer / printer shared his work-space with me the other-day and helped me make a Platinum print.  I used an

Infrared Journey Begins – Week one

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Alberta Park, Black and White, conversion, dream, Experiments, home, infrared, k100d, monochrome, Oregon, Pentax, photography, Sandy River, SFX filter, Surreal, trees, vision

Here are some images from my first week shooting IR ‘infrared’ Photographs (tech / how-to information below).  Portland has been cloudy mostly, so just shooting artificial light, around the block, and in the trees; not shooting much in full sun. I still haven’t settled on a processing method either.  Tell me what you think and leave your thoughts and start some discussion below!

Analogue Feel at Your Daily Photograph

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Adirondacks, Black and White, colden, dogwood, featured, flower, fort Vancouver, Lake Colden, large format, paper negative, Remember Colden, Rocky Falls, stone, wall, water falls, wood, Your Daily Photograph, yourdailyphotograph.com

To see my winning entry to the recent YourDailyPhotograph.com contest called An Analog World please visit: http://eepurl.com/b4Kv7b

This Selection of similar images are from fiber based silver gelatin paper negatives shot in a 4×5 wooden field camera.  They were wet processed, then inverted and adjusted digitally before creating digital a pigment print.

2014 Adventures – photography book

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book, catalogue, landscape, Mission: Wolf, nature, Needles, northwest, overview, photography, photography book, portland, Redwoods, Skamania, travel, TumTum, Utah

exciting!

This 60 page full color 8×10 hardcover volume is available direct to you for $49.99
(through Blurb at the link above, or contact me directly for a discout)

The journeys of 2014 kept Nicholas and his cameras mostly in the Northwest, and within the environs of Portland, Oregon – but that is for another time.  Here we see where he went, what he shared and explored.  The roads wind ever onward – to enchanted Oregon forests, deserts, and waterfalls.  And to Adirondack high peaks and snow at the beach.  I invite you to step in and enjoy where Nicholas’s eye takes you in these pages.

Should you desire a PDF version to print yourself, contact me and I can make one available.

 

into abstraction

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abstract, color, color field, curves, green, photography, red, round, shadow, Texture

– listen –

oh, Happy Valentine’s Day

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camelias, Flowers, heart, pink, portland, sculpture, skulpture, spring, valentine's day

Advent Wreath / Mandala –

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Advent, candles, christmas, crafts, creativity, Design, deutsche, festive, flower pettels, german, herbs, kranz, mandala, tradition, wreath

Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt.  

Erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier.  

Und dann steht das Christkindlein

– vor – der – Tür.

This year’s Advent wreath, which I make of sand and dried color, in continuation of Advent traditions …

~

Niklastag Crafting

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Advent, christmas, crafts, creativity, decoration, festive, gathering, holiday, kinpu, niklastag, ornaments, strohsterne, tradition, winter

flow, fire, and festively friending.

A Bouquet of Goose Feathers

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black, bouquet, feathers, materials, Project, sculpture, Texture, wing

feathers! inspiration for another sculpture.
(see this – which happened last time)

It’s Here! – 2013 Photography Book

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book, catalogue, landscape, Mission: Wolf, nature, Needles, northwest, overview, photography, photography book, portland, Redwoods, Skamania, travel, TumTum, Utah

It has arrived!

Copies are available direct to you for $34.99
(through Blurb at the link above)

sneak peak

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art, artifacts, copper wire, creativity, feathers, mobile, projects, sculpture, skulpture

skulpture
feathers, copper, wood
East Coast, July 2014

quick project – journal

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book binding, craft, Journal, projects, simple

Needing someplace to write down notes and thoughts. So I put together a little journal from paper, thread, and brown wrapping paper. Just a little book binding project. 3 signatures, giving me 16 pages. The excess thread makes a little book mark.

Rejuvenated Curves | Shelves

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crafts, Design, green tech, Project, rejuvinated curves, repurposed, shelf, shelving, warped

Nicholas Travers – Shelving made from warped and unwanted pine framing lumber – 4′ x 8′

More interesting projects at Factory|made.
Article in The Denver Post; April 20th 2013 – (imglink)

Flow Visualization – final images

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Critical fall, flow, Flow Visualization, photography, physics, Project, projects, Schlieren, soap film, Vortex

As you may have gathered I have been making various Flow Visualizations this semester.  While I have posted my preliminary selections of favorite photographs for each of my investigations, I wanted to share my top photographs.  Three of the investigations are highlighted here: a soap film investigation (detailed PDF), a criticall fall investigation (detailed PDF), and a vortex shedding investigation (detailed PDF).  I have a few posts about the schlieren density plume (or detailed PDF report).  Each of the images below have been thoroughly examined to understand some of the physics and fluid phenomena involved (see PDFs).  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Click to see bigger, and I hope you like!