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It’s going to be a (mostly) glorious long weeken

It’s going to be a (mostly) glorious long weekend to explore the Arboretum and experience the sound walk How to Draw a Tree - a site specific personal narrative on trees, mental health, and creativity by artist Dawn Matheson (supported by me!)

The Redbuds (pic 2 yesterday), American Witch-Hazel, Hawthorn, Barberry, Korean Spice Viburnum, plums, marsh marigolds, trilliums and more are right now in what I consider peak bloom.

Download the walk (link in my bio), and start in the UofG campus entrance to the Arb - you will see them all

#NothingIsOrdinary #SoundWalk #WorldWoodWeb #HowToDrawATree @uogarboretum @thiswasnow.dawnmatheson

My drone photography of Guelph Lake has been inclu

My drone photography of Guelph Lake has been included in the gorgeous Another Earth artist book What Makes a Lake? Tracing Movement.

The publication brings together the work of 80 artists to create a portrait of Earth’s lakes, rivers, and oceans with the intention to prompt a new connection to and commitment for caring for our most vulnerable ecosystems.

🌀 The first edition is now available for pre-order from @__anotherearth__ with more preview pages on their website.

Edited by Abbey Meaker, Estefania Puerta and Cristian Ordóñez.

#NothingIsOrdinary #ArtistBook #guelph #Lakes #DroningTheWorld #MavicMini

I stopped by to visit my favourite abandoned conce

I stopped by to visit my favourite abandoned concession house (and willow tree) on the way to the lake.

I don’t know how much longer either have left, the house is now collapsing and the tree is rotten through.

#NothingIsOrdinary #all_is_abandoned #rurex #willow #ThereIsAlwaysAPiano

a list of things I’ve meant to say redacted. a p

a list of things I’ve meant to say redacted. a poem.

#NothingIsOrdinary #cyanotype

The Rugs rocked the opening slot at Opus Lounge f

The Rugs rocked the opening slot at Opus Lounge for @gainmusicfest .
And they may be gigging another local venue soon - stayed tuned for details!

#NothingIsOrdinary #GirlsRockBand #TheRugs

jelly beans, chocolate, & crackers. McCormick’s

jelly beans, chocolate, & crackers.

McCormick’s Candy Factory sometime in 2019. It was all the wrong light and so grey at the end of the day, but we make do with the weather when urban exploring, as there (usually) isn’t a second chance to take more photos.

#NothingIsOrdinary #RevisionistHistory #URBEX #ExploreEverywhere
#FilmIsNotDead #Rolleiflex

It may be cold and cloudy, but I can still play wi

It may be cold and cloudy, but I can still play with my UV light box and make cyanotypes.

#NothingIsOrdinary #cyanotype #kozuke #TessellationOrigami #wip

Good things come in 3s! This is the last of my rec

Good things come in 3s! This is the last of my recent two-toned cyanotype inspired by the 🌑moon🌕 and featuring celestial objects.

The registration is off just enough to reveal the paper colour.

I have some coloured Japanese papers to play with next...

#NothingIsOrdinary #cyanotype #kozuke #moon #AlternativeProcess #space #wip

I can’t just make one of anything, so here’s a

I can’t just make one of anything, so here’s another two-toned cyanotype inspired by the 🌑moon🌕 and featuring celestial objects.

I love kozuke paper but the light weight is not appropriate for recoating,it stretches and and shredded at the surface.

#NothingIsOrdinary #cyanotype #kozuke #AlternativeProcess #space #wip

I wanted to try making two-toned cyanotypes and as

I wanted to try making two-toned cyanotypes and as I’ve been experimenting making cyanotypes inspired by the 🌑moon🌕, more celestial objects made sense.

The kozuke (light) paper stretched a bit when I coated it a second time and the registration is misaligned and reveals the true tone of the paper.

#NothingIsOrdinary #cyanotype #kozuke #AlternativeProcess #space #wip

How cool is this?!?!? 🥁Hunter’s @girlsrockcam

How cool is this?!?!? 🥁Hunter’s @girlsrockcampguelph band, The Rugs are playing @gainmusicfest on April 29 @ Opus at 7:45pm!
🎤

They are performing with @shebadmusic @lostinjapanband & @conductorelectronic

🤘⚡️Digest the Fear!⚡️🤘

#NothingIsOrdinary#GirlsRockCampGuelph

Plant a pansy!!!! Drop-in to the PANSY PLANTING S

Plant a pansy!!!!

Drop-in to the PANSY PLANTING Stressbuster April 13, from 12:30-2:30pm at the new Wellness Tree Circle on Johnston Green (near Alumni Walk / Gordon St.).

This space is being created for introspection, healing and learning.

In collaboration with HowToDrawATree. ca (@thiswasnow.dawnmatheson ), @wellness_uofg & Physical Resources @uofguelph.

#NothingIsOrdinary #Wellness #HowToDrawATree #HowToDrawAForest

Light-sensitive ferric ammonium citrate when combi

Light-sensitive ferric ammonium citrate when combined with potassium ferricyanide creates the ferric salts reduced (with UV light) in a final cyanotype print.

The cyanotype process was developed around 1842 by Sir John Herschel, in his pursuit of making photographs *with* colour.

#NothingIsOrdinary #Cyanotype #AlternativeProcess

The sun is out and that means it’s (finally) tim

The sun is out and that means it’s (finally) time for (weekend) cyanotype making! UV light boxes are cool, but the sun is magic. 💙🌕🌞

Did you know the 🌕 moon is slowing moving away from earth? The recession has been calculated to be ~3.75cm per year.

#NothingIsOrdinary #cyanotype #kozuke #AlternativeProcesses #AlternativePhotography #LunarRecession #moon #wip

Is the photograph a testament, a snapshot, a certi

Is the photograph a testament, a snapshot, a certification of an experience…? Are we tourists in our own reality?

This is a photograph of an abandoned hospital, but it’s really/also a record of the pink glow in a room slowly eroding.

This image is part of my Art in the Trees - Urban Remains installation at @gallerystratford that runs until April 6.

#NothingIsOrdinary #FilmIsNotDead #UrbanRemains #ExploreEverywhere #gallerystratford #ArtInTheTrees

St. Joseph's Hospital in Parry Sound, was built in 1950 and closed in 2005 and has since been left to the elements. It was a satellite location of the West Parry Sound Health Centre for the chronically ill / elderly care patients.

Inside the Atlantis Pavilion at Ontario Place. Ope

Inside the Atlantis Pavilion at Ontario Place. Opened in 1971, the Pavilion comprises five mast-hung, steel and aluminum pods that are suspended over the water of Lake Ontario and connected by walkways. They were originally used to host an exhibit about Ontario, but over time became an ever evolving entertainment complex (rotating dance floor, nightclub, restaurant...) boasting panoramic views of Toronto and Lake Ontario. Designed by Craig Zeidler Strong Architects, the
Pavilions won a Canadian Architect Award Excellence in 1969. Atlantis closed in 2016 (four years after the amusement park) and is now considered a building at risk due to the controversial plan to turn the public retreat for Ontarians into a private Therme Spa.

This image is part of my Art in the Trees installation Urban Remains at @gallerystratford until April 6 (second image).

#NothingIsOrdinary #FilmIsNotDead #TLRclub #ExploreEverywhere
#gallerystratford #ArtInTheTrees #SaveOntarioPlace #OntarioPlace #UrbanRemains

888 Dupont at the Northeast corner of Dupont and O

888 Dupont at the Northeast corner of Dupont and Ossington was an
infamous/iconic affordable live/work studio building for artists in Toronto until 2021 when all the tenants were unceremoniously evicted (condos).

Designed in 1921, it began as a yarn-spinning firm and at one point even housed the CNIB broom, brush and mop making facilities (employing blind veterans).

At the end of 2021 I had the chance to explore 888 and revisit the former studios of friends/family who have lived and worked there over the years.

This unit in particular I had actually tried to rent - but it instead become home to friends I had yet to meet who would dream up art magic for the city, all within these walls.

This image is part of my Art in the Trees installation Urban Remains at @gallerystratford until April 6 (second image).

#NothingIsOrdinary #FilmIsNotDead #TLRclub #ExploreEverywhere #gallerystratford #ArtInTheTrees

Winter has been survived and we are now closer to

Winter has been survived and we are now closer to the sun! And I can’t wait to get droning again.

Dusk in Wild Goose Woods, The Arboretum Guelph, (Spring of 2021) will be in the next Celebration of the Seasons at the @bkshelfcinema curated by @eric.allen.montgomery

#NothingIsOrdinary #equinox #mavicmini2 #DroningTheWorld #ArboretumGuelph @uogarboretum #ONterrible

“Digest the fear!” Pasta Paradise by The Rugs!

“Digest the fear!”
Pasta Paradise by The Rugs! at Girls Rock Camp.

Wait for the break - they’re not done.

Hunter spent March break @girlsrockcampguelph - an awesome week-long camp in Guelph where kids form a band, learn to play an instrument (if they don’t already), write a song, and then perform in a public concert at the end of the week.

#NothingIsOrdinary #SharkFear

The Trophy Room of Kodak Building #9 (built 1939)

The Trophy Room of Kodak Building #9 (built 1939) is all that is left of Toronto’s Kodak Heights. The structure has since been moved 200 feet and back, and then restored as part of the construction for the Mount Dennis Station on Toronto’s LRT line. The building housed the staff cafeteria, gym, theatre, and darkrooms until 2006 when Kodak declared bankruptcy.

Kodak Heights is the most magical place I have ever explored and photographed.

This image is part of my Art in the Trees installation at @gallerystratford until April 6 (second image).

#NothingIsOrdinary #FilmIsNotDead #TLRclub #ExploreEverywhere #gallerystratford #ArtInTheTrees #Kodak #mavicmini3pro

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