Risa Profana's photos

It has been raining all day, so my collaboration for the World Photography Day is this from my working desktop.

Began with the owls, but still have to work on them stitching, I just stitched the base of it, 'glued' them down with thread, so to say. [I don't like the phone for pictures, but my old camera broke down, so i have to bear with it.]

Began this recently, not sure yet where am heading, let's see.

A camera obscura appeared on the wall, right under the ceiling in my workshop. It's so fascinating.

Tin and found objects.

Based on Robert Race's design from the book "Making Moving Toys and Automata". Wine corks, reclaimed wood, feathers.

Based on Robert Race's design from the book "Making Moving Toys and Automata". driftwood, reclaimed wood and cane,beads, wire.

Reclaimed wood, beads, wire.

Based on Robert Race's design from the book "Making Moving Toys and Automata". Driftwood, reused wood, thread, maizecob leafs, screws.

Reclaimed wood, driftwood, wire. Tinted with rust.

Based on Robert Race's design from the book "Making Moving Toys and Automata". Driftwood, reclaimedd wood beads, wire and reused metal.

Automaton, based on Robert Race's "mumbling bird" design from his book Making Simple Automata. Reclaimed wood, tinted with rust.

Automaton, reused wood, tinted with rust. Bird after a design by Robert Race. I have been out of Ipernity for some time while learning to make automata, which has been until now such a fun. I have very little knowledge about mechanics, so I have to learn that too. It keeps my mind and hands engaged. The only problem now is that I have to learn to make videos to film them and that is such a bore! That is why I haven't' uploaded here for a while.

Rubber-cement resist with inks. I am loving the results of that resist method, have to try more.

Ink on paper, resist with rubber cement.

Made these today.

Little time to scan and upload daily last week, but still going on.

Ink on paper I read yesterday that long time ago in China people thought that only female rabbits existed and they gave bird while gazing at the moon and spiting their young trough their mouths.