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Black Walnut Tree Studies
For the next year+ I’m studying the black walnut trees on my street in an effort to build a better relationship with the non-human world around me. Why I’ve foraged nuts from these trees for a few years and want to enter into a more reciprocal relationship with them, which I’ll talk about more in…
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Translucent Cyanotypes
I recently tried a new-to-me filter paper with the hope that I could use it to make translucent chromatograms that don’t need to be mounted. It’s showing limited success with chromatograms but has been fantastic for cyanotypes. Its translucency means that I can fold up the paper, place a digital negative on top of it,…
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Cyanotype x Chromatogram Progress
Last year, I worked out how to combine cyanotypes with soil chromatography. The deep browns and vibrant blues mix so well together, like the earth, and the water, and the sky. There is so much I want to develop with these combined processes. It’s my main goal for experimentation this year- finding different ways to…
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Pothi Books for Chromatograms
For just over two years, I’ve worked to bring soil chromatography from a lesser known soil science test used to make small scale prints to a more expansive creative technique. For every experiment and art print I made, I made a corresponding print using standard soil chromatography protocols. Each of these prints is a way…
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The Land Loves Us
I am so thankful to have had my show, Mari Miller: The Land Loves Us, up during both my birthday and Lunar New Year. Now that it has been de-installed, here’s a walkthrough of the exhibition for those who couldn’t make it. And for visitors who came on a day when my exhibition pamphlets were…
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Installing The Land Loves Us
I’ve mostly created 3D work over the years, so I was intimidated at the thought of hanging over 30 prints, not to mention the +20ft banners. Thankfully, the curator, Larry Lee, is exceptionally skilled at installing shows and hanging flat work. My oldest friend, Betsy Zacsek, also has a lot of experience installing shows. Between…
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A New Method For Bleaching and Toning Cyanotypes
Silver nitrate allows you to bleach and tone cyanotypes in one step, with one chemical, and without needing to wash the print after applying the silver nitrate solution.
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Love, Land, and Chromatography
Last year, I learned how to do chromatography. You may be familiar with science class experiments where you apply a ground up plant or a marker to a piece of filter paper and watch as the colors in your sample separate out as capillary action carries them across the paper. In photography, chromatography is based…
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Shiitake Mushrooms
At the end of last year, I started growing my own oyster and shiitake mushrooms. Watching the shiitakes grow beyond the stage where you would normally pick them has showed me that I really didn’t know shiitakes like I thought. Their shapes can encompass so many frills and scallops that I don’t normally see in…
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Eating Myself
Chinese women and Chinese cuisine are fetishized and made palatable for the consumption of Westerners. I have a number of food allergies and intolerances that have cut me off from eating my grandmother’s food, my Chinese heritage. Experimenting with allergen-friendly versions of the dishes I grew up with is a way to reclaim my heritage.…
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