chafer beetle
After scanning a moth and a fly, along with a comment about scarabs, I remembered another insect, a chafer beetle perfectly preserved in resin, a paperweight I think. it was given to me as a gift many...
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My hand goes out to you, gentle readers, with wishes for a sunny, warm and happy Easter long weekend. Hauskaa Pääsiäistä, Joyeuses Pâques, Frohes Ostern, Happy Easter… if that is a tradition for you....
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I know I’ve been quiet here lately. We’ve had a full and wonderful week, first with friends visiting from Alberta whom we had not seen in something like a decade. Then yesterday friends from Victoria...
View Articlehand with tissue
One idea leads to another as I play with the scanner. I find myself returning to the idea of a series of smaller prints of images of hands with objects, like these ones. When and if I have enough of a...
View Articlehand with round stone
As I was going through some image folders, I was delighted to find another “hand with object” yet unpublished, so here it is, joining others like it in the archives under Photoworks: Human. Compare it...
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Another unpublished image found in the ‘hand with object’ folder This unique diamond shaped flat stone with the stripe is a favourite Found on a seashore, possibly right here in Vancouver Its current...
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another find on a beach somewhere a broken tile worn smooth by sand and sea The post hand with tile appeared first on Marja-Leena Rathje.
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Last week our 13 year old granddaughter was visiting. She was showing an interest in my hand-with-object scanning work and I invited her to “model” for me. We chose an odd object made of glazed clay,...
View Articlehand with driftwood
on the windowsill in the solarium a row of odd shaped driftwood pieces this embedded with tiny stones in mini-caves and memories of a favourite seaside retreat The post hand with driftwood appeared...
View Articlevariations
July’s long heatwave (often up to 35c with the humidity) has made me lazy watering the garden mornings and evenings much reading of books, from very good to some disappointing a cooler weekend with a...
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inspired by the birthday roses an addition to my photo series of hands with objects some others may be viewed here The post Hand with Rose appeared first on Marja-Leena Rathje.
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