Joyous Misbehavin'

It is my habit to crush or cut up waste materials before discarding them and often I throw some of that material onto my studio work table just to see what serendipitous “visual” surprises I may discover. If what I see holds my attention I photograph it. By chance among the objects on the table on this day were parts of a child’s pinwheel (virevents), a discarded rubber gasket, and several broken objects including flower shaped hair clips (pinces a cheveux), hors d’oeuvres picks (piques a cocktail d’ete), a bubble wand (baguette a bulles), plastic shot classes, spoons, a snack tray and water balloons (ballons a eau) as well as bits of assorted paper and cellophane bags. The light passing through and around this odd assortment of objects held them together in an engaging way and created a wonderful array of color tints and tones. I photographed the setting then shook the pad to see if the effect still held in a new arrangement. It did, so I photographed them again and repeated that process several times… occasionally adding and or discarding stuff as I proceeded… ending with this series. Note: each image I create is limited to ten archival pigment prints per size, signed and numbered verso.