And since December here in Vermont was decidedly un-wintry, conjuring something that - in my mind at least - evoked the feel of January/the dead of winter was indeed challenging!
However!
What we did have a surprising amount of was
fog
What we did have a surprising amount of was
fog
and ice fog*
and these atmospheric 'inversions':
where the warm air that's high up traps these dense layers of fog/clouds.
These inversion photos:
were shot by our pal (and path-through-the-woods neighbor),
photographer and videographer Peter Wolf**
from the top of Mad River Glen, in December.
So... My prototype:
Ha! I'd never even thought of the bit of sheet music looking like lift lines
'til Peter sent me his photo (above)!
For maybe the first time in these 47 months of postcard production,
the design and materials were barely altered when it came to final production
of the rest of the 21 cards!***
I got to use this nice tree stamp:
And then I did a test to see which stamp effect I liked best
on 4 different white papers.****
The Fixin's*****
Steps: The Movie:
The Steps
(21 this month)
Panel of 21 of January's postcards:
'Inversion' just seems a suitable word for January in Vermont.
Turning inward.
Fin.
**Peter Wolf - http://peterwolfphotographics.com/
***In final production, I finessed the inking of the stamp - just partially inked it - so that I didn't have to add so many layers of white to hide the lower branches.
****Instead of stamping directly onto the already partially collaged cards, I pre-stamped onto white tissue paper, and then glued this piece on in one of the last steps. This way I could minimize the risk of the ink running if it wasn't properly set (I hit it w/ a heat gun after I've stamped, but this doesn't always guarantee fastness).
*****I brought all the fixin's home and did all the production in my cozy living room,
looking out at the first snowfall of the winter
as I worked.
