Fields, After The Storm
(Faux fur, cotton, sifted tile grout)
How To Breathe Under Water
(Walnuts, poured and cast candle wax, wire, glitter, peanut shells, flock, plaster, wire, dyed starfish, compressed moss, jellybeans(anemones), sponges, wax coated seashells, toothpaste,
clay, figs, feathers, Q-tips, nonpareils. Surface of the water was created using vinyl shower curtain, plexiglass and clear epoxy. The reflected sunlight effect was created using a video projector through fake fog. The white balance was set for tungsten allowing the sunlight to appear bright and clear while the strobes provided a deep blue shift in the fill light regions. The lens was covered with a piece of blue stretch wrap which created subtle distortions throughout the image. A total of 11 light sources were used including the projector)
(Walnuts, poured and cast candle wax, wire, glitter, peanut shells, flock, plaster, wire, dyed starfish, compressed moss, jellybeans(anemones), sponges, wax coated seashells, toothpaste,
clay, figs, feathers, Q-tips, nonpareils. Surface of the water was created using vinyl shower curtain, plexiglass and clear epoxy. The reflected sunlight effect was created using a video projector through fake fog. The white balance was set for tungsten allowing the sunlight to appear bright and clear while the strobes provided a deep blue shift in the fill light regions. The lens was covered with a piece of blue stretch wrap which created subtle distortions throughout the image. A total of 11 light sources were used including the projector)
Icebreaker
(25 pounds of sugar cooked at varying temperatures (hard crack and pulled sugar recipes). It's basically made out of candy. salt, egg whites, corn syrup, cream of tartar, powdered sugar, blue food colouring, India ink, flour. Three days of cooking, and two weeks of building)
(25 pounds of sugar cooked at varying temperatures (hard crack and pulled sugar recipes). It's basically made out of candy. salt, egg whites, corn syrup, cream of tartar, powdered sugar, blue food colouring, India ink, flour. Three days of cooking, and two weeks of building)
DIY Paradise
(Cotton, salt, cooked sugar, tin foil, feathers, canvas)
Mars
(Paprika, cinnamon, thyme, chilli powder, charcoal)
(Paprika, cinnamon, thyme, chilli powder, charcoal)
New Life
(Painted parchment paper, thread, hand dyed ostrich feathers, carved chocolate, wire, raffia, masking tape, coffee, synthetic potting moss, cotton)
(Painted parchment paper, thread, hand dyed ostrich feathers, carved chocolate, wire, raffia, masking tape, coffee, synthetic potting moss, cotton)
Tornado
(Steel wool, cotton, ground parsley, moss)
(Steel wool, cotton, ground parsley, moss)
Salt Waterfall
(Glass, plexiglass, tile grout, moss, twigs, salt, painted canvas, dry ice. The waterfall was created from a time exposure of falling table salt)
Wildfire
(Wood, moss, yellow glitter, clear garbage bags, cooked sugar, scotch-brite pot scrubbers, bottle brushes, clipping from a bush in bloom (white flowers) clear thread, sand, tile grout (colouring), wire, paper and alternating yellow, red and orange party bulbs)
Burning Room
(Wood, nylon, plexiglass, purchased dollhouse furniture. The model was actually set on fire to achieve this effect)
"My work involves the construction of small-scale meticulously detailed models using various materials and objects to create emotive landscapes. Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of the final model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force the viewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. Using a mixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, white balance and lighting I am able to drastically alter the appearance of my materials."
- Matthew Albanese
Strange Worlds
(preorder the book here.)
Sweet baby bejesus.
These are amazing.
Found through Slow Art Day, a group art project that asks people to visit an art gallery/museum on the same day, once every year and look at five works of art for 10 minutes each.
Afterward they gather together and discuss their experience over lunch.
The aim is to focus on the art and the art of seeing.
I love this project.
(Glass, plexiglass, tile grout, moss, twigs, salt, painted canvas, dry ice. The waterfall was created from a time exposure of falling table salt)
(Wood, moss, yellow glitter, clear garbage bags, cooked sugar, scotch-brite pot scrubbers, bottle brushes, clipping from a bush in bloom (white flowers) clear thread, sand, tile grout (colouring), wire, paper and alternating yellow, red and orange party bulbs)
Everything We Ever Were
(It took two months to store up enough fireplace ash to create this lunar landscape. The darker rocks are made of mixed tile grout, flag crumpled paper, wire. The Earth is a video still projected onto the wall)
(Wood, nylon, plexiglass, purchased dollhouse furniture. The model was actually set on fire to achieve this effect)
"My work involves the construction of small-scale meticulously detailed models using various materials and objects to create emotive landscapes. Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of the final model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force the viewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. Using a mixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, white balance and lighting I am able to drastically alter the appearance of my materials."
- Matthew Albanese
Strange Worlds
(preorder the book here.)
Sweet baby bejesus.
These are amazing.
Found through Slow Art Day, a group art project that asks people to visit an art gallery/museum on the same day, once every year and look at five works of art for 10 minutes each.
Afterward they gather together and discuss their experience over lunch.
The aim is to focus on the art and the art of seeing.
I love this project.
Listening to: Richard Hawley 'Long Black Train'
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