Butterfly garden

[Terri]

Another faux emulsion lift (I wrote about that process here ).

I sliced this one up pretty well and the paper tolerated my butchery a little better:

An issue for me now is just the age of my printer. It's a discontinued Epson, and I'm using all expired inks at this stage, so even the most exact settings don't render much of a print. This is a process that has me interested, so buying a new photo printer is something I can't put off too much longer. Thanks for looking!

 

[CaliAnn]

I'm speechless (no small feat for me)! This is so amazingly beautiful! So creative and interesting and colorful - blown away!

 

[Artyczar]

Wow! This is so creative and beautiful! Really wonderful Terri. You continue to amaze me.

I HATE when Epson does that. I started going with Canon now. They have been giving me less trouble, but I think all these photo printers are buggy anyway, discontinued or not. I wound up repairing my last Epson--spent over $500 in repairs and then sold it for $600 in the end, but paid over $1600 in the first place.

 

[Donna T]

Wow is right! You do such amazing things with your photos, Terri! Sorry about the printer woes. You need something that will enable you to do more like this.

 

[Enyaw]

This is super Terri. I love the floating pieces of happy. Big old fluffy snow flakes just dancing their way down to the ground.

 

[Terri]

CaliAnn, Ayin, Donna, Wayne - thank you all so much for the kind words! It really means a lot.

Ayin, the little bit of research I've done has pointed me in the direction of Canon. That's likely where I'll end up. I agree they're all a little buggy, and waste ink needlessly. Bastards.

This process is printer-dependent, so my griping isn't a workaround. I just have to suck it up and try to get a good deal. My Epson isn't much good for much beyond text these days.

 

[laika]

Wow, Terri, this is so beautiful! Some of the pieces look like they want to merge into butterflies themselves. I hope you are able to pursue and exploit this process.

 

[Terri]

Thanks so much, Lamar! I'm happy you like it!

 

[JennieJo]

Very interesting Terri. Love the way you manipulate the image. It has that floating look of a butterfly flying, to me.

 

[snoball]

This one turned out just gorgeous! I absolutely love the effect.

 

[Terri]

Thanks, Jennie! Really happy you like it.

Sno, thank you for the kind words!

 

[laf.art]

What an interesting piece.

 

[Terri]

Thank you for looking and the nice comment, laf.art!