And I’m shooting here tomorrow night.
Moore Soone,
Mike
Category Archives: Shooting
Die Lichtung
The Office of Michael Clinard is up and running!
I can’t say enough about how good it is to be back in studio. I’ve greatly missed the art of studio practice, having been on about a five year hiatus since my post-bacc days at the University of Iowa. I affectionately refer to this time away as Hibernation.
I’m shedding that hairy exoskeleton as we speak.
More always,
Mike
The Yard Waste series
Got back into the studio tonight after taking the morning and afternoon off to recharge the human AA battery.
I don’t know how you guys relax, but nothing spells chillaxin’ more than digging through my compost pile for my next series involving yard waste.
I must confess, I’ve had this idea bouncing around for quite some time.
More always,
Mike
ART is Magnuson
Got back in the studio late last night after a day of running around, doing deals and pressing the ‘execute’ button.
That said, I had the great pleasure of sitting with Seattle-based artist Perri Lynch of Velocity Made Good.
If you must ask, Perri is ART in Magnuson, meaning that if you and your pup visited the park for the off-leash canine mecca and wandered up through the sports meadow and/or breezed in to attend the Friends of the Library Book Sale at Hangar 30, chances are you’ve run past her art (look for ‘at ease, 2008′).
Perri, myself and others are part of an organization called SPACE whose primary objective is to keep Magnuson Park as a center for arts and culture. Unbeknown to most, when the military gifted Magnuson Park to the City of Seattle, it was on the condition that the park be a center for arts and culture. And based on the link, you can see how long it’s been a talking point.
If you’ve been to the park, could you imagine a place without Fin Art or Soundgarden?
That said, on April 25th, the Mountaineers are hosting an event to celebrate the park, its tenants and visitors and all it has to offer. Please try and come out, and stay tuned for details.
Pouring it out for the Homies
Today Brugen and I got into the studio to bless it appropriately.
It wasn’t our usual blood-filled chalice faire or endless rows of tables stacked high with freshly slaughtered fish and game. Today it was Nestle Chocolate Milk, Michael-made Salmon Burgers and an impromptu portrait session that brought dead artists to their knees in heaven/hell/purgatory.
After all the sugar, Bill had a hard time focusing. He kept yelling, “Beam me up, Scotty. . .” apparently mistaking himself for Geordi LaForge after his recent completion of a project for the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum at the Seattle Center here in Seattle.
All in all, it was good fun to hang with Bill. Peep the triptych below.
More always,
Mike
Studio Box in a Box
Swept and mopped the entire studio yesterday in preparation to paint the floor.
Had to push all the goodies into the corner save a couple tables, desk chairs and that monster from the Twilight Zone who ripped holes in the airplane driving William Shattner (and later John Lithgow) crazy.
He’s actually a good guy, just misunderstood but completely well-informed on matters of the day.
Then while looking around online for niche and specialty devices for the lab, I came across this jewel which I find to be right up my alley.
The wizard I keep on retainer is moving his hands around a non-existent orb to whip this puppy right up for me. When its fashioned, I’ll blow cigar smoke on it and take a pic so as to show it to all.
Uncanny Similarity
Whilst readying myself for the morning’s work, I saw something so striking as to warrant my posting here on ye’ olde blog:
My good friend/colleague Jacob Gerber is living a secret life in Hollywood. For years, we suspected he was in fact Shawn from Rescue Me. However, after further investigation–and seeing this photo of him attempting a disguise behind nice black specs–it is my duty to report that he’s been living for years as one Andy Samberg, from Saturday Night Live fame.
Only after Gerber ‘moved back to Minneapolis’ did Samberg’s rise to stardom begin. Coincidence? I think not.
Its time to stop living in the shadows, Jacob and embrace your new identity.
Joseph Reohm, Illusionist
A couple weeks back I met Joseph Reohm while he was visiting Seattle. We got to talking and he’s like, ‘You know, I’m an illusionist. . .’
This of course piqued my interest, and we decided it was high time for us to get together and work on a little shoot. He noted that he was oft photographed levitating or making things float, and I asked if he’d be interested in taking a more humorous look at the ins and outs (or dangers in this instance) of being an illusionist.
Given his propensity to spoon and fork bending, I figured it might be downright frustrating at times to sit down for lunch.
Nelle, 2009.
This is Nelle, my grandmother.
Shot while home in Athens.
I’ve had a few people egging me on to put this last one up.
As well as this one test, which was shot on the eve of my 30th birthday.
More always,
Mike
Screenprinting Party and My New Brand Identity: The Office of Michael Clinard
Had a little screen printing party at the studio over the weekend.
Jenna, aka ‘The Boss’ (pictured above), made it happen. She engineered a low-cost, very effective way of making prints from a short list of supplies found at any Value Village, Goodwill or retail store. The list goes a little something like this:
1) Obtain a few frames from said store. These can be picture frames or those wooden frames that pre-stretched canvas comes on. You know, the canvases that you used to paint your high school masterpieces on. . . exactly, the ones that now reside at above-noted Goodwill store.
2) Find some very sheer curtain tulle that someone has discarded. Probably on the back wall, wedged between the quilts with the stains on them and the Saved by the Bell sweatshirts.
3) Rolls of Contact Paper. It’s probably the case the ones you find at Value Village are still tacky enough to affix to your tulle, but if concerned, feel free to go out and pick up a new roll.
Basically, you staple your tulle very taut to your frame as if making a drum. Affix your contact paper with design cut out and you’re good to go. I found a couple nice tutorials on the process here and here that pretty much break things down.
Above is my contribution. It’s the new brand identity I’ve been bringing into existence with the aid of a fantastic designer in NYC named Tim Lahan. I’m super excited to start the process of spreading the word and getting it out on market.
That said, keep your eyes peeled for exciting new updates from the Office of Michael Clinard: General Photography.
Always,
Mike