Spring’s not all Rainbows!
On March 29, 2009 we had a day which wasn’t great, weather wise but nice enough to plant some peas. I made a little bamboo tripod for them to grow on.
Then about an hour later it got very dark and started to thunder and then hail!
Here is another images of the hail from my front porch.
Last Fri evening there was a beautiful double rainbow in Philadelphia.
This image was taken from our studio window looking north east.
What happened to the other side when we reconfigured our studio? The studio itself now has no darkroom space, more office/studio space for computers, still a large shooting space, storage for equipment and an updated kitchen for the more food photography Bob does but, where did all that darkroom etc space go. Well… we made it into a loft/condo. And, it’s for sale.
Our building which was developed into artists lofts in the 1980’s—that’s what the sign over the front door still says—was created as working and living places for artists/designers. Some still work and live there but most units are living only and now there’s one more. Actually our space was always two spaces Unit 3C/D and now 3C is its own separate loft condo.
Philadelphia loft condo Unit 3C
It’s in a great neighborhood: One block to Whole Foods, Starbucks, CVS, Yoga Studio, Book Store, Restaurants, etc. And, it has indoor parking and the opportunity to add a roof deck.
So… if you know anyone moving to Philly who would love to live in a cool loft in a very happening area, have them look at our condo page and check us out!
Yesterday we moved back into our studio!
There are still many things to be done but after months of construction there is enough done that we can work there. Yesterday we moved computers, lights and cameras in and Fri we start shooting!
It’s been a long fall!
from shooting area back to entrance
from loft into shooting area!
Well, we had fun with the Quiltmakers of Boyertown and saw some very beautiful quilts.
As soon as we got in the car we turned on the radio to check on the Phillies and discovered that out in Boyertown we got lots of static—but the Phillies did win the World Series and Obama did win the election. The economy is still a mess but we spent Halloween in Washington – actually Arlington, great party, discovered “Chevapchichi”—Thanks, Vlad and Jeannie. Bob and I had minimalist costumes – I carried a wrench and Bob a candlestick and we went as the game “Clue”. Cooper was Anakin Skywalker and Fletchie was the Hulk!
Happy Halloween!
Our studio is coming along—the semester is almost over—my students drive me nuts sometimes and I’m sure I do them! Actually they are great and keep me on my toes—the future is in good hands!
It’s raining but tomorrow we are going to dinner with friends, known as the Rude People—all the women went to Moore College of Art and Design. This is a different group than the women from Moore with whom I go on Flower Hoaxes but some are the same and all enrich my life.
I’ll be speaking on Color Theory at The Quiltmakers of Boyertown this Wed (tonight) with my friend and partner in crime, Professor Jane Likens. Our presentation covers the physical properties of color, methods to study color and how different colors influence each other.
We feel that it is most important to understand the first bit, what color is, in order to master the last, how colors influence each other. Not what paint is, or what dyes are, but what actual color is and how humans perceive it.
Color is Light and Light is Energy!
It is the small part of the electromagnetic spectrum of wave lengths that the human eye sees. When this Visual Spectrum is present we see white light. When individual wave lengths are viewed we see them as individual colors.
Prism
In the 1600’s Sir Isaac Newton proved the physical properties of color when he passed a light beam through a prism, refracting the white light into its separate wave lengths. (If you have a prism, look through it at a light source and notice what happens.)
I’ll discuss more on color in future posts.
If you are interested in having us speak to your organization, (or conduct workshops) contact me at beth@emmott.com or at 700 S. 10th St., Phila, PA, 19147
In the mean time—GO PHILLIES!!!
Philadelphia Skyline
Philly Phanatic
Play ball!
Yesterday I went to an Obama rally in Vernon Park here in Germantown, PA. Our friends, Ilene and Robert and Jane and Drew drove to our house and we walked over. We were in a half to three quarter mile long line. (The people who got up front went at 7:00, we went at 10:30.) We were lucky to get into the park before Obama finished speaking but even the line itself was wonderful. So many people of all types—ages, races, shapes and sizes—all smiling and being together.
The line snaked up and down tiny streets in Germantown—some home owners sticking their heads out wondering what was going on and others placing speakers with music outside for the folk in line. It felt like one big party.
Obama Rally in Germantown, PA from Beth Emmott on Vimeo.
Afterward we went to Cafette, a wonderful restaurant in Chestnut Hill for lunch—it was a sparkling sunny day so we ate outside—many people at the café had their rally “Germantown for Obama” stickers on—we bought cookies to take back to Ilene and Robert’s house and ate on their deck not wanting the beautiful day to end.
My friend, Jane, bought a Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel (PTC #61) at auction in 1984. It was built in 1922 for Idora Park in Youngstown, Ohio and has 48 horses and two chariots. Literally using an x-acto knife to remove layers of paint, Jane discovered the original colors and designs and now the fully restored carousel is up and running in all its glory.
Jane’s Carousel
Jane lives in DUMBO, (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) and wants to give the finished Carousel to the City of NY. It is currently in a building that is too small for public use and only runs for private showings.
Jane has established an organization—“Friends of Jane’s Carousel”—with the sole mission of securing a long-term home in the Brooklyn Bridge Park so that it may be enjoyed by as many people as possible.
If you wish to know more about this project she can be contacted at:
jane@janescarousel.com.
