Miss Match Diptych - Week 10

Sunday Morning by Tiffany Teske and Kristi Jackson

As part of the Female Photographers of Etsy (fPOE), I have known about the Miss Match/fPOE diptych project for some time now. Talented photographers who sign up for a week, are given a partner and a theme, and the women make their photographs, then pair them together. This is the first time I participated and my partner was Kristi Jackson of Life Through the Lens. Our theme was Sunday Morning. My image is at the top. I shot it through a two inch hole in the door of a building in the ghost town of Rowley, Alberta, while camping on the same weekend this image was due. Kristi shot her family's pairs of shoes, one for each member, lined up and ready to head out to church.

Female Photographers of Etsy Release Their First Book, "She's a Rainbow"

Photo Mosaic by Amy Longberry

I have a shop on the popular handmade site, Etsy. I started selling on Etsy in 2007 and I am a member of several teams there. Teams do many things together like have group sales, hold member chats, write group blogs, and promote team members. Teams are usually formed around a theme or shared interest. One of my teams is Female Photographers of Etsy or fPOE, formed by fellow photographer, Elle Moss. The team was formed in 2009 and has over 200 members. As an admin on fPOE I have been working with team members Myan, Meganzii, Ligeia, Lililly,Shannonblue, Ena and the Swan, and Elle Moss, on our first group book, She's a Rainbow. We started the process back at the end of October. The book features four photographs from each of 58 talented members who chose to participate. The cover was designed by Myan, the cover photo is by ravencolours, and the intro was written by Futurowoman. The book is available through Blurb and can be viewed and purchased here. It has been wonderful to work on this colorful project with so many incredible female photographers.

Here are my images from the book:


Stairway to Heaven (Iceland) by Tiffany Teske


Kamibayashi by Tiffany Teske (Polaroid Transfer)


Carrotss by Tiffany Teske (Polaroid Transfer)


Deflowered by Tiffany Teske (Polaroid Transfer)

Etsy Blog Storque Feature

Nancy, of Futurowoman, wrote a great article about Polaroid photography for the Etsy blog, This Handmade Life. She featured my Super Fries Polaroid transfer, thanks, Nancy!

SX-70 Base for Daylab For Sale

In light of the blog post below, the one about manipulatable SX-70 film being available through PolaPremium, I wanted to post about the SX-70 base I have for sale. I have two of these, both nearly new, because I bought one and then I bought a Daylab 35 in an online auction and the base it came with was SX-70. I am selling it for $100 with free shipping. Daylab still sells them for $199 + $10 shipping. Here is my listing on Etsy.

Happy Dance

This week, I seem to be catching up on all the things I have been meaning to post about on this blog, and this one, and this one. It is good to have a week like that. Especially, since I have been creating a lot of new work this week, as well as putting together several submissions. I am not ready to show most of these on my blog yet, but keep coming back, as they will be starting to appear. After I get done catching up on all these languishing post ideas from the past month or so.


One day, several weeks ago, I opened and Etsy convo and did a happy dance. A previous customer, whom I have had great communications with, was hoping I could fill some image needs for her business. She has already bought my Polaroid transfer, Bloom, seen above. And I had given her permission to use it on her business card. She is a doula, which is something I am familiar with since my very best friend was my doula during my daughter's natural birth. The DONA (Doulas of North America) website defines doula as, "a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth." (Klaus, Kennell and Klaus, Mothering the Mother). She has named her business Bloom, so she loved the image. You can read more about this initial meeting in my blog post here.

As I was saying, this woman (whose business I am happy to link here once her website is up and running and I get her permission), and I have had pleasant conversations via Etsy. I am currently pregnant, and she was was truly interested in hearing about when my babe is born. She had mentioned that she might be back to my shop for more images. Well, she was not kidding...

She ordered this:

Tickle Fern by Tiffany Teske

And this:

Iris by Tiffany Teske

And this:


Fragile by Tiffany Teske

AND this:

Bouquet 2 by Tiffany Teske

AND THIS:

Bound by Tiffany Teske

AND THIS!:


Amazing Grace by Tiffany Teske

AND FINALLY this:

Bouquet by Tiffany Teske

Happy Dance?! Yes!! These are those moments that independent artists love. When someone who loves what you create finds you and wants to support your art making by owning your art. And the best part? She is thrilled with her purchase. Thank you so much for supporting individuals by buying original art :)

Before Her Fatal Fall

This is a Polaroid emulsion lift. It is approximately 5x7". The original is available in an 8x10 mat for $35 here.
Image copyright Tiffany Teske.

New Images in Etsy Shop

I have started to offer my Polaroid Spectra double exposures as fine art prints in my Etsy shop. They are listed as 4x4" for $10 but are also available as 6x6" for $20, 8x8" for $35, and the originals for $125. There are 30 different images available. You can see them in the slide show at the left.

Another Satisfied Etsy Customer... ME! (Mature Content)

This post could also be called "Ode to the Post Office" since once again, they have awed and astounded me in their sheer lack of disrespect for my packages. This box was handed to me by the postal clerk and I actually burst out laughing... honestly, it is pretty ironic. You can't miss the big red handwritten "FRAGILE" on the front of the box, nor can you miss the large HOLE that has been taped over. It is as if someone read "FRAGILE" and then decided to do that wresting move where you basically fall straight down with all of your weight on your elbow. To my laughter, the clerk replied, "We do our best", which is better than what I thought he would say. I figured he would blame it on the US side of the border. Anyway, just had to share...


While I may not be a satisfied postal customer, I am a very very satisfied Etsy customer, yet again. My home is filled with so many Etsy-bought items at this point that rather than featuring Etsy artists whose work I don't own, I should stick to that which I have and will be able to post once a week for 6 months. I met Lauren Beacham of jerseymaids in an Etsy convo. She was inquiring about one of my Polaroid transfers, NYC Tulips. In the end, we ended up owning some of each others' work. AND I AM THRILLED! "Onion Bloom" is a print of a Polaroid that was the first image in Lauren's shop to catch my eye. It is even lovelier in person...


I received a true gem in the original cyanotype above titled "Annmarie". It is an original, and I LOVE it! I figured out one day that although blue is not my favorite color, I own enough blue art to fill one whole wall. I just seem to be drawn to blue art. There is a small space left on that wall, and this will soon be on it. In addition to being lovely, I must thank Lauren for the inspiration. I have wanted to dabble with cyanotypes for quite some time. I even signed up for a couple alternative process photography courses that included this technique but it was not meant to be, since they were canceled for lack of enrollment. I asked Lauren how to get started and she was very generous to not only tell me where to get the supplies (at Photographer's Formulary, one of my favorite suppliers) but she emailed me very detailed steps, which I appreciate so much!


I HAD to select this lovely black and white nude, as I work with the nude form in a lot of my work, both in photography, and mixed media. I think this is truly breath taking, and while it may offend some people who read this post, I don't apologize. The human form is beautiful, both clothed and not. I see nothing wrong with the nude form, something you will see if you enter my bedroom, where most of the nude artwork I own lives.

Lauren threw a couple of surprises into my package. One is a small print of another image I really like and the other was a 10 pack of Polaroid 669 film!! This is like gold to me! In Canada, 669 has always been twice as expensive as it is in the states, not even taking into account the exchange rate. Plus, now that it is no longer being made, it is super hard to find here. I was shocked and thrilled to find this gift. Thank you so much, Lauren!! She truly knows the way to a Polaroid photographer's heart...

It is difficult for me to select a favorite of these three images. Lauren is truly a talented photographer, and I think I am drawn to her images because she works in many of the same processes I do, yet she can teach me something new. And she is not afraid to try several processes, something I love to do. I am so pleased I met Lauren on Etsy.

Bloom

Today, I sold this in my Etsy shop. It has always been a very special image to me, since I took it of one of my very good friends, during her first pregnancy. She now lives in Spain, where she is from, so this image reminds me of her and makes me smile when I am missing her....

The woman who bought it lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where my husband is from, and near where we were living, in Wakefield, Quebec. It is so cool how small the world is, and how it takes the internet for this person to find me, even though I used to exhibit my work all over Ottawa! This very image has hung in public in Ottawa. She wrote me a sweet little note that says, "I love your work. I live in Ottawa Ontario and am feeling the pregnancy blues and this made me feel spring and beauty in the midst of winter! Thank you!" Isn't that lovely? It really made my day! From what I can tell from feedback ratings, this is only her third purchase on Etsy, and it is really cool that she chose my work. And that is spoke to her. That is what an artist needs to hear. And I think it is nice that I am pregnant, too. I am going to send her a little note back...

This image has really received a lot of good feedback. I had a student doula contact me, to ask if she could use it on her business card. While I would normally charge a fee for this, a small one for business card use, I believe so much in the importance of doulas for pregnant women, and I have been a student, that I said yes, please use the image!

I love being pregnant, and I love to capture this fleeting time in a woman's life.

Blog Feature: Get Art Now

Thanks to FB Smith, for featuring me on his blog today. I appreciate the things he had to say about my work. I think it was this image on my Etsy site that made him check out my work...

Featured on Etsy Finds

Today I was featured in Etsy Finds, which is in the Storque, and goes out to something like 9,500 subscribers! WOW! Thanks to Pamela Angus, who was writing for Anda. Here is the link, http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/spotlight/article/etsy-finds-the-columbine/1910/

Featured Artist - Matt Schwartz

Girl with Blue Tights in Gumballs by Matt Schwartz


Girl with Rainbow Tights and Ice Cream by Matt Schwartz

Wow! I just checked out She Hit Pause Studios on Etsy. Matt was kind enough to heart my shop as a favorite and let me say, I was being honest when I hearted him back. His work is amazing! Not to mention, I am very envious, because his transfers are 8x10. I never have acquired all the equipment I would need to go 8x10, and now that Polaroid has stopped making the film, I probably never will. C'est la vie. And back to Matt Schwartz...


Girl Pulling Red Wagon with Records by Matt Schwartz

In Matt's own words:
"I am based out of Brooklyn,NY and make art and photograph weddings. My works consists of my version of the pin up girl,toys,candy,gumballs,records,record players,typewriters in a field,clouds,Coney Island and anything else colorful,beautiful and dreamlike."

Go check him out because otherwise I will be forced to post everything from his shop here. I love his work!


Nude on Bed by Matt Schwartz

Featured Artist - Hilary Hitchcock

This is my favorite image Polaroid Transfer image by St Louis artist, Hilary Hitchcock.



Here is what Hilary has to say about herself:

I’ve been taking photos for several years. I especially like documenting things that are rarely seen or disappearing. The design sensibility of days gone by tends to make me swoon, as do rural Midwestern landscapes.

Check out her shop to see more of her work!

Featured Artist: Butcher Walsh

This was on the front page of Etsy today, and boy am I glad it was. It is an original Polaroid transfer of the Crysler Building in an 8x10" mat and frame for $30. I have not seen Butcher Walsh's work before and I love this image. Here is the info I read in his profile:

I have been a photographer since 1987.

I can sew on a button and fix a car.

I also make movies.

Jobs I have had include bike messenger, telemarketer, Bergdorf Goodman window display artist, AC loader (film Biz), and micro cinema founder.

Check out his shop, buy his work, support a Polaroid artist!