Orr Studio

Etch

Salem, Oregon | 2014

Copper Clad, Arduino Micro, Wire, 5VDC Relay, Anti-Static Strap, Vinyl Tape, Silver-Bearing Solder, 2N2222 Transistor, Protoboard, 1N4004 Diode, 9V Battery, 9V Battery Hookup, Artist, Public, FM Radio Set, WU Art Building, Cosmic Background Radiation

The Americans

Salem, Oregon | 2014

Licorice and Light

Salem, Oregon | 2014

Consisting of various plants lumen printed onto silver gelatin paper, Licorice and Light is an experiment in bridging the similarly regimented and dogmatic systems of photography and post-renaissance alchemy, playing off of the similarities in their materials. The spiritual uses of various photochemicals—gold and silver, namely—couple with the spiritual aspects of the plants selected, as well as the planetary hours the images were exposed during, to create an object with both artistic and ritualistic meaning.

Lilies consists of lilies printed onto paper and toned with gold chloride, having been exposed to moonlight during lunar perigee at full moon. They act as talismans to encourage creativity within the space they are hung.

Roses act as love talismans, predicated on taking a sense of comfort and bringing it into something more. Toned with licorice root and lavender, there is a commanding and compelling aspect to their composition. The exposures were conducted over a 50 hour period while it was raining.

Untitled

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Branch

Pocket Instamatic 60 Test Roll

Test Prints from Brownie Six-16 Junior

I'm steadily working on my backlog of cameras that people have gifted me to restore. These ones come from a Kodak Brownie Six-16 Junior which my high school history teacher gave to me when she was in the process of moving.  These were taken on Arista EDU 100 and stand developed in Rodinal 1+100 for 1 hour with three inversions at the 30 minute mark. Split filter printed onto Ilford MGIV Satin RC.

Chime

Blush

Salem, Oregon | 2014

    Blush arose from an ongoing investigation into alternate modes of sensation, which began in 2012 with works that transposed one sense into the medium of another (e.g. touch as sound, proprioception as vision). The cameras used to create Blush were constructed of foamcore, velvet, and vinyl and fitted with Fresnel zone plates of a size appropriate to capture long-duration interior photographs in panorama, subverting and augmenting the human senses of vision and time.

    The extended exposure time allows the representing of the people within the photographs not as recognizable yet lifeless specters, but as objects interacting with, moving through, and actively modifying space. A human being appears not as a body on a sheet, but as the silver blush of their aggregate movements. 

Still Life with Smoky Quartz Gazing Ball

Series April 2014

Salem, Oregon | 2014 Matted, Warped Silver Gelatin Print with Laserjet Solvent Transfer Text 4x5 View Camera 6" x 7.5"

Small Poster | Puppet Cavalcade

Hand-printed solvent transfer on Bristol. Size is approximately 6" x 7". For custom sizes, please contact [email protected].

Large Poster | Puppet Cavalcade

Hand-printed solvent transfer on Bristol. Size is approximately 12" x 13". For custom sizes, please contact [email protected].

Small Poster | Man's Companion

Hand-printed solvent transfer on Bristol. Size is approximately 6" x 7". For custom sizes, please contact [email protected].

Large Poster | Man's Companion

Hand-printed solvent transfer on Bristol. Size is approximately 12" x 13". For custom sizes, please contact [email protected].

Small Poster | Octopus

Hand-printed solvent transfer on Bristol. Size is approximately 6" x 7". For custom sizes, please contact [email protected].