wet plate tulips by Deborah Parkin

Deborah Parkin

wet plate tulips by

This is a tintype .. using the wet plate collodion process

Taken on a 4×5 large format camera.

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Comments

  • Kornrawiee
    Kornrawieeabout 1 year ago

    Splendid artwork created by beautiful mind and you are:)
    Take care your family members and love yourself, life is precious…
    Best regards,
    Sunny

  • many thanks Sunny

    – Deborah Parkin

  • billyboy
    billyboyabout 1 year ago

    Deborah, this is the most unusual tulip picture I`ve ever seen!
    Beautiful in such an eerie way…
    And the one on the left is disco dancing and the one on the right is totally blown away:-)
    Works for me!!

  • Hi Billy, so lovely to hear from you .. hope all is well in your world. Thanks as ever for your brilliant insight into my work .. it always makes me smile :) x

    – Deborah Parkin

  • Mitch Labuda
    Mitch Labudaabout 1 year ago

    Just wonderful. Once what was old, is now, new. Very nicely done

  • Thanks so much Mitch :)

    – Deborah Parkin

  • Michael Marten
    Michael Martenabout 1 year ago

    Beautiful, almost ghost-like!

  • Thanks so much Michael, really nice to keep bumping into you :)

    – Deborah Parkin

  • Stuart Chapman
    Stuart Chapmanabout 1 year ago

    I feel as though I can comment more freely here than on FB as I didn’t wish to alert 103 (or however many people “liked” it) people to my insane ramblings :)

    This is magical in an anton corbijn kind of way, wouldn’t look at of place if the grainy black and white videos from Music For The Masses met the rose themed artwork of violator.

    Dreamlike, yet vivid, a sense of unreal yet recognisable, smooth yet focused. All the contrasts seemingly together, like the repeating staircase that always goes up, a trick of the mind but without being able to tell where when contrast begins and its opposite ends.

    I think I have rambled on insanely for long enough now but in conclusion – I like.

  • Now, I haven’t seen one of Stuart Chapman’s classic comments for some time ;) Thanks so much .. and you say you are not one for words but numbers, well I will have to disagree with you .. lovely, lovely comment, thank you.

    – Deborah Parkin

  • wellman
    wellmanabout 1 year ago

    beautiful work – you have a way of complimenting such gorgeous subjects with such tender presentation. Always inspiring to see your work

  • thanks so much wellman, it’s always lovely to hear from you.

    – Deborah Parkin

  • polly470
    polly470about 1 year ago

    This is very beautiful!!!
    P
    xx

  • many thanks polly :)

    – Deborah Parkin

  • BIRGlTTA
    BIRGlTTAabout 1 year ago

    I know I say this about so many of your pieces, but this really is one of your best. (Promise! ;)

  • Ah thanks Birgitta, lovely to hear from you … hope you are well.

    – Deborah Parkin

  • Cadence Gamache
    Cadence Gamacheabout 1 year ago

    So cool!!! I know nothing about the technique you used, but this piece looks amazing… Will have to learn more about this wet plate stuff!

  • Thanks Cadence, really lovely to hear from you .. yes, do look it up, go on youtube and see the videos, it’s beautiful :)

    – Deborah Parkin

  • Flower-Power
    Flower-Power2 months ago

    Lovely work! Have a great weekend.