Filed under: Art Gallery | Tags: b&w, creepy, daguerreotype, doll, halloween, mike robinson, morbid, vintage
In honor of all things creepy — I absolutely love this photo. It is filed in my imaginary drawer of ‘I wish I had taken this’ pictures. It is one of those moments where, if I were in a flea market and found this photo, I would have to skip out on paying the electric bill and eat Hamburger Helper for two weeks just so I could own it.
But I was surprised to discover that the image is actually a daguerreotype from 2003 by Mike Robinson, a contemporary Canadian daguerreotypist. I’m psyched to see a photographer dedicated to alternative darkroom processes in a digital age.
From Morbid Anatomy:
Filed under: Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, United States | Tags: clear coat, curt gettman, jeff schreckengost, morningside, mural, painting
Curt Gettman, project manager for the Sprout Fund has been tracking the mural progress. It looks as if the sun will prove to be the mural’s savior. In the future: do not put on clear coat if the temperature is below 60 degrees with rain in the forecast. Lesson learned.
Filed under: Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, United States | Tags: jeff schreckengost, morningside, mural
Someone in the Morningside community was kind enough to wash the mural with gentle dabs of warm water. It’s looking much better. Thank you, whoever did this. Now with the warm weather tomorrow, it may return to its original state.
gnome detail - warm water may do the trick
crossing our fingers: the white-wash is disappearing
Filed under: Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, United States | Tags: jeff schreckengost, morningside, mural, Pennsylvania
I wish we could say it’s finished. But we’re not sure yet.
Jeff on his 40th birthday
This entry was supposed to be the grand-finale blog entry documenting the completion of the Morningside mural. Jeff’s been working on this project since May – from submitting the proposal, to the preliminary designs — meetings with the Morningside community, the final design, and then the painting – two and a half months of painting (with the amazing help of Sarah W.). Finally, he rolled the last coat of clear finish to protect the mural on October 11th, his 40th birthday. It was a little chilly that afternoon, but sunny and we couldn’t have been happier.
the 'final' design
mural detail, houses
the final step: clear coat
We were both pretty shocked this past Friday when someone from the Morningside community emailed Jeff, telling him that the clear coat on the mural had dripped down the length of it, causing white streaks. Who knew it would be 30 degrees and snow mixed with rain in the middle of October? The low temperature and rain caused the streaking. Jeff was in such shock that he had no reaction at all, which really worried me. My stomach dropped and my heart ached for him, thinking of all the hard work he put into that work. His hands were still flecked with mural paint, the greenish-blue embedded under his nails and staining his shoes. This mural had become a big part of him these past few months and to think that he might have to paint it again pretty much makes me want to puke and scream at the same time.
damaged mural detail
oh deer: the clear coat didn't have enough time to dry in crap weather
We still had a good weekend, despite this setback (flea marketing is always good therapy for us). There is a chance that if the clear coat has a chance to fully dry on Tuesday and Wednesday when it’s sunny and in the 60s, then Jeff won’t have anything to worry about. But if it is damaged, then we start figuring out how to fix this little bitch. Here is a sneak peek of what is beneath the cloudy version:
gnome detail
