Watt & Shand #7 Accepted for "New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts.”

 I'm very pleased to announce that Watt & Shand #7 has been accepted for the 29th annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts  Exhibit at the Lincoln Center in Ft. Collins, Colorado (formerly known as"Fabric of Legacies").  The exhibit will run from October 7th to November 13th.  The Lincoln Center is undergoing an $8 million dollar renovation, including a brand new art gallery, so it promises to be an outstanding venue.

Watt & Shand #7 features one of my favorite pictures from the entire renovation project--the Leaning Man.  I love all the lines, angles, and contrasting textures in this image:

 It was a fortuitous walk-by shooting, as they were hoisting construction supplies up to a temporary scaffolding , and this worker equipped with a safety harness was poised to receive them.  Here's the original snapshot, where I hit the shutter button at just the right moment:

 Here's the same photo after a bit of digital manipulation. I've cropped it to the area of interest, lightened it, increased the contrast, and upped the saturation.  It looks a bit garish here, but that's necessary when printing on fabric--some of the ink is absorbed by the fiber, so you need to start with an excess:

 Here's another lucky shot, although at first I thought it was too dark and unworkable: 

 But through the  magic of photo manipulation, I was able to come with a image that gave me this delicate cyanotype print:

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