3 hours can pass pretty quickly when you’re talking about something you love. As did the panel discussion I participated in last week at Columbia College. We drank, debated, and hopefully helped a photographer or two figure out this crazy business of balancing their personal passions of photography as a creative outlet with the commercial side of it all. It was a great opportunity to give a shout-out to a few of my favorite photographers (and contributors to my new book, published by Random House / Clarkson potter “FOUND FREE & FLEA” that launches this August) bjornwallander.com chrisstrong.com jacobhand.com aimeeherring.com…
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where to start. photographer, designer, furniture builder, all-round amazing guy.Oh, and he built us a cabin in the sky. Bladon is one of the folks who teamed up to build us the Wandawega Treehouse. Bladon Conner is a Chicago furniture maker and designer, originally hailing from Southern Mississippi where he was educated in architecture. After a number of years in the corporate architecture setting, he took a chance on the hands-on world of furniture building. Bladon got his start blending vintage furniture with photography – using his graphic images as veneers over discarded modern furniture. He continued his furniture education…
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REASON: the original source / credit where complimented and included in my original post via link. (http://tinyurl.com/3qm42a7) but did not also include the name darren snow. a request was made to submit a public apology. this updated post serves as that.
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FRANKFACE.‘after’ photo courtesy of Bruce Quist photography.
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is it wrong to buy every single pendleton you find?(and thermos, tartan blanket, vintage fishing rod….)yes, probably. until the day you actually need it- like when you need to prop a photo shoot in under 20 minutes. then, you can rationalize your OCD behavior, at least for the afternoon 🙂
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more shots from our fav photographer dennis:
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and did the ‘overlay’ trick to show what the space looks like now.amazing how little has changed!
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can you tell im running out of blog fodder? 🙂 from top:we trashed the crate troller thing the croquet set came in. so now we cart it around in this woven apple cart (i heart the wooden wheels!) i found this church pew bible holder at a flea market & forced it against its will to house the postcards i have been obsessively collecting. my girlfriend gave us this chicken feeder. god knows where she unearthed it. but we looove it,so a very long powerwashing later, its a new nest for coffeecups. (thanks, jill!) twine ($3 spool at dollar store)…
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— when the day’s work is over, the farmer’s wife provides a grand meal for these friends,-Such an occasion is described by the Latvians as a “Talka. … Sometimes five or six farms will be visited before the party returns home.” This coming April 30th we will be hosting our annual TALKA, with 30+ friends coming to help us paint, plant, repair, and open up our dear Camp Wandawega for another season. Here are some highlights of the chain gang (we mean ‘work party’) from years past.(thanks erik law for always having his camera handy!)
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the wall is comprised of nearly 1000 hand made buttons. 3 sizes, of circles and squares. all mounted on nailheads each nail head protruding from the wall at different depths. each button features a photo, or fragment of a photo of a family member or memory. the installation looks like a galaxy… a cluster that spreads & thins as it stretches out to the edges of the wall and the room itself. at the outermost fragments you will find my great grandparents on both sides. and david’s ancestors as well. as we move into the center, it features our grandparents, …
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