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Sunday 15 January 2012
By Chris on Sunday 15 January 2012, 09:32 - informations
That is the project Mitos tries to put together.
Trying to create a book about scannography is what we all want to see
happen.
Here is an opportunity to see this happen: Mitos, in Santa Maria, California,
is tryng to found the energy, money and good wills to create it. So this is an
appeal to everyone interested.
Just go to
this link and read how this works and how you can join in.
I hope Mitos will find the people and the help she needs.
Wednesday 4 January 2012
By Chris on Wednesday 4 January 2012, 12:02 - informations
It's a superb object with a perfect layout and wonderful images.
Finally the book has passed frontiers. And it's worth having it in hand. Werner
did a great job trying to explain what scannography is and how to practice it.
Well the book is in german but it's worth having it in hand because it shows on
paper what we all knew: the quality of the images.
The publisher added a few artists (jeff Mihalyo, Patri Feher, Jaime Ruas,
Hercilia Lopes and more) at the end of the book to give a larger view and
opening to the world of Scan-Art. For those interested
you can order the book here. It's really worth the price. And it needs
support.
Friday 16 September 2011
By Chris on Friday 16 September 2011, 12:16 - informations
Nardelli Verlag publishes the first book completely devoted to the technic
of scannography. And to the Art of Werner Abel.
You discovered Werner's work two months ago on scannography.org.
You can now discover it in this book. It's in german but the images are
universal !
Really, this book ist not to flip, but to swing open - like a scanner or laptop. Read this book and you never will see the nature as before. You will explore the nature in a completely new way. Enjoy it! While walking with his dog through the nature, the author, the German artist, Werner Abel, reflected on itself by collecting all what he found in fauna and flora: flowers, blossoms, leaves, grains, fruits, vegetables. Arrived at home, he scanned the found pieces with a customary flatbed-scanner.
The results have been very surprisingly and fascinating. Abel was deeply impressed. He suddenly could see details which he never have seen before and which the human eye commonly does not register. Depth of focus, quasi 3-D, from the middle to the edge. No Digicam can do this…
Reading this book, regarding the wonderful subjects captured by the scanner
you can explore the beauty of the nature in a wondersome matter. Enjoy totally
new insights into the nature, look inside the flowers, leaves and things.
Explore details as close-up which you just have let uncared heretofore. This
book facilitates a new way of looking closely. Hints to arrange your found
pieces on the scanner included. Extra-Service: Scanartists from all over the
world are presenting their most beautiful, impressive and stunning subjects.
What a book – surprisingly, precious, different.
You can go on the Nardelli website to learn more.
Sunday 26 June 2011
By Chris on Sunday 26 June 2011, 09:03 - general discussion
After a chat with Patri, I was just wondering if publishers, somewhere in
this amazing world have had the courage to publish a book about scannography. I
see that sometimes books use scannography for their image content (more and
more when flowers or plants are concerned). I also see that sometimes books
about new technics of capturing images or processing images, have a chapter
that gives a place to our technic. But how many books are now devoted to
scannography.
Being in France, I may miss lots of things that happen in the rest of the
world, so if you can share your knowledge.
By the way, we have a page called "bibliography" on the site and it may need an
update.
So please send me whatever book you know that is a real scannography book…
Saturday 29 November 2008
By Chris on Saturday 29 November 2008, 12:43 - informations
Here are some recent news from Josie :
"The pumpkins have been carved, the seeds roasted, we are deep into November
and starting to think about sweet potatoes and cranberries. A recent
meander through the conceptually and materially impeccable sculptures of Martin
Puryear at SFMOMA was as peaceful and awe striking as my wander on the beach a
couple of days later. Thousands of sand dollars sat whole at the tides edge,
their five-fold etched petaloids staring up from the sand. Form, in both
instances, at a wondrous apex. A few events are coming up to celebrate
the books, and to provide a sneak preview of the next project: a book of beach
treasure. I look forward to seeing many of you. Saturday,
December 6 10am - 6pm: Kitchen Table Studio's Holiday
Fair St.Teresa's, 19th & Connecticut, Potrero Hill,
SF. A fun, seasonal and neighborly group of artists selling their wares
and sharing sumptuous snacks. I will be selling all four books and will
have prints for sale. Please stop by. Heart Stones makes a great stocking
stuffer and bring one of the other books to every holiday party!
Wednesday, December 10, 12:30 pm: California Academy of
Sciences Talk and book signing with Sandy Carlson and scientists from the
museum. Come celebrate the Seashells collaboration with the Academy at the new
location in Golden Gate Park. Forthcoming information will be up on their
site. Visuals Unlimited, a stock
photo agency specializing in science, has many of the images from my books.
Please let any textbook editors or magazine photo directors know. Their new
website will be up in December."
You can find more informations on
Josie's own site.