Caught My Eye

Hours on the computer working on coffee cups. The pile grows. 56 are finished, 14 or 15 more to do. All I see are circles, moons, cells, suns. Taking a break, walking about outside, the garden nags me, I ignore it. And then my eye catches this.

Tiny mushrooms in the grass

The 36 Grid

Yesterday; final files prepared for 36 coffee cups, so they are ready to print. Then layer [in photoshop] all 36 together. Have a coffee with a friend and bring home 11 more cups. Great day

The 36

36 layers

The Love Affair Continues

There are 16 portraits of coffee cups now so I decided to see what happened if I layered them all in photoshop. Controlling the color was difficult so I decided to work in black and white. Really like what happened. It reminded me of the wonderful lines from the John Donne poem.

At the round earth's imagined corners, blow 

Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise

[From the Holy Sonnets]

The 16 layers

16 portraits

Coffee Heart

We were having a coffee, in a little cafe that we have never been to before. And this is what I got. Love the way coffee answers all the questions.

Coffee heart

Coffee Sleeves

Still experimenting with the coffee skirts, the possibilities seem endless but while I am intrigued by what is happening, no one way has grabbed me. And when I can't "see" anymore I go back to photographing the bottom of the coffee cups. The cafe in the village has been very kind, saving them for me; the only problem is they have been washing them out. I explained what I was doing and now they look at me with big smiles on their faces. Not sure if I haven't just claimed village idiot status.

Layers of skirts, 7

layers of skirts, 1