Friday, March 30, 2012

Hostas...quite dead leaves








Every year we grow Hostas and every fall I collect the fragile translucent leaves, wash them gently and dry them in my studio...Most years I photograph them once they have become contorted ephemeral sculptures ....architects of light. Last year I photographed them by moonlight in the icy cold water on our deck, rushing to get them in before ice and snow destroyed them. Harvested at the verge of organic re-absorption, their age and elegance recorded for my pleasure...maybe yours.


Once the leaves have lost all their moisture they are surprisingly durable, I have had some for years...
I photograph  the individual leaves and occasionally transform the images using Photoshop.
Hosta volupta 2004

And...the Hostage was wearing  -  from 2004
not hostas

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