The images in Family Silver use silverware as a way to explore the psychology of family dynamics and friendships. The silverware appear to have bodies and heads and certain implements seem to have gender or age depending on their size or shape. Each silverware pattern has a different silhouette that creates a specific feeling: bold, strong, gentle, elegant or any number of variations – just like families, friends or relationships.

The images are created in the darkroom by placing silverware on photo paper and exposing them to light under an enlarger. I deliberately use out-dated and somewhat fogged photo paper, which creates a grayish silver tone. Through various manipulations in the exposure and printing process the silverware can suggest an expression of feeling, mood or connection. The prints are matted in gray mats and each one is one-of-a-kind.

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Image size is 11” x 14” matted in gray mat board and framed without glass to 16” by 20.” To see images framed, please scroll to the bottom of the page. All images are one of a kind and have been hand printed in the darkroom and processed to archival standards.

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Price: $400