Sandi F. Hutchins
~ • ~
SCANOGRAPHY
What is Scan-ography? Similar to Photography Scanning is an intriguing
alternative process for capturing images; notable differences are MAKING a photograph instead of taking one.
There are various styles in designing scanned images.... my desire is to produce natural, simplistic, elegant presentations, particularly with a black background. This effect is accomplished by creating a darkroom environment (all lights off and/or shades drawn). Leaving the scanner lid up and off, placing fresh cut flowers or plants directly onto the glass plate, creates a unique and sophisticated appearance.
Native Species of the Pacific Northwest, as well as my garden donations; Rose, Hydrangea, Magnolia, Orchid and many, many others have been scanned on my flatbed scanner. I've become a Digital Florist sort-to-speak, arranging plants and flowers on the glass plate instead of in a vase. As well as the work space resembling a florists....once a finished image has been created, cleaning up pollens and particles within the image itself is imperative. This requires a graphics program which enables painting the undesirables out.
While Botanical Art encompasses a range of styles; my focus is to illustrate using a scanners capacity for perfect 3-dimensional imagery. With this approach, I preserve each plant and flowers detail, uniqueness, beauty, and personality through my own design and presentations.
As we're well aware, scanning has long been open to copying documents, or photographs and objects, however, designing with objects or flowers as an art form is tedious and not for everyone. For those of us, who have embraced this style, posses the patience to create-in-reverse, as a scanner captures images from beneath its subject. It takes an ability to visualize in reverse, as well as not to mind sitting with a computer screen for great lengths of time! As for me, living in the Pacific Northwest, under rain clouds for months-on-end...created an active imagination producing this Art Exhibit.
From the great outdoors and my studio...
I hope you enjoy viewing my gallery and offer these images as Fine Art Prints
and/or hand-crafted Greeting Cards for someone special..
.
