Camera Obscura photographs on Llallwni Mountain

The box is designed as a perfect volume of space for carrying, containing and protecting. Converted into a portable camera obscura, and fitted with a digital camera, the box is used as a means to view the outside world differently, creating a dialogue between external and internal space. Rugged Welsh landscapes as seen through this ethereal lens provoke alternative ways of looking at material presence. There is beauty in the austerity of the Welsh moorland and the confluence of nature and industry. The camera obscura gives heightened depth of field and a dreamlike quality to the photographs. 

Glow 2013

Matter lumina 2012

Photographs by Toril Brancher,2012

Seren Stacey

Hue/Saturation 2012

Tatting, mercerised cotton hand dyed with saffron flakes.

Matter Lumina will be exhibited again at Milkwood Gallery in May 2013 

 One of my favourite walks in West Wales at Nanternis. This abandoned farmhouse has always intrigued me- the curtains have been left in the window, leaving me with a curiosity about the story behind this abandoned property, January 2013

Walking afon Teifi, December 2012

hue and saturation 2

photographs by louise Bird: http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdlouise/

After dyeing the cotton I wound tatting shuttles with the coloured thread and made these vessel shapes, each taking about a week to make. the fading graduation of colour highlighting the dyeing process. Displayed on a mirror, the images of the dyeing process on the wall are reflected, as well as the delicate forms themselves and the architect of the space. These are intended to speak of light, hue and saturation.   

Hue and saturation

I wound mercerised cotton for tatting around old spools from my haberdashery box, then soaked them in water. I ground 1gram of saffron in a pestle and mortar with a few drops of water. I added the concentrated saffron to the dye bath, which stained the cotton reels saffron gold. I like the idea of dyeing a lot of material with such a precious plant dye and also the symbolic image of everything being coloured by the same experience.

Seren Stacey, March 2012. Tatting copper bullion.