pacopv

OK, the cat's out of the bag. This is about my brushed metal, hand-crafted bulletin board. It's also about my obsession with paper crafts in general, and paper mache in particular. And since I haven't upgraded my DA account, I cannot embed a pretty link to the photo I wish to share, so here is a not-so-pretty link to something I uploaded to my Scrapbook today: http://pacopv.deviantart.com/art/My-Metal-Bulletin-Board-133979463 There are some creations I've found here and at Y! that I truly, truly like. And despite the fact that it's not kosher to reproduce somebody else's work without consent, I've printed a few on my Epson printer and tur

I'm in constant awe of how inspiring deviantART can be. And particularly, I feel a ton of admiration (bordering on envy) for visual artists... To me, it's humbling to imagine how you can develop a picture in their head, they can just reach for their tools of choice and draw/paint it. Not quite as simple for us photographers! Needless to say, I've befriended a number of amazing visual artists here, whose work I collect with immense pleasure. (Just browse my favorites, and you'll see what I mean! http://pacopv.deviantart.com/favourites/ ) I've been collecting the work of ~MPdigitalART (https://www.deviantart.com/mpdigitalart) for a while and was completely blown away when, a cou

When I lived in the US, I took to Polaroid Transfers like fish in the water, and even expected to continue this type of work here in Mexico. Unfortunately, this never actually happened. First off, E-6 processing (the type of film processing required for 35mm slides) was only offered in larger cities, making it impractical for me to shoot slides. For a while, Polaroid 669 film was still available in the US, but with its recent demise, I've pretty much gotten rid of all the equipment I carefully brought from the US to continue creating these images. Only a few jpg's remain, which I will upload here... Cuando vivía en los Estados Unidos, m