Kneading Conference West, 2012

I had a fantastic three days in Mount Vernon photographing the Kneading Conference West last week. Nice people, gorgeous weather, beautiful setting - great time!  

Kneading Conference West is a three day event designed to inspire and educate novice and professional bakers, grain growers, millers, wheat breeders, wood-fired oven enthusiasts, food entrepreneurs, food writers, and anyone who loves to eat hand-crafted breads.  The purpose is to bring together people who, by exchanging skills, experiences, and ideas, will invigorate the rebuilding of regional grain systems.

Workshops span topics from small-scale grain growing and milling to artisan bread and pastry baking to wood-fired oven construction. On the last afternoon a field trip will take participants to a farm that grows grain, a mill, and a bakery that will demonstrate using the local flour in bread. 

Black Box Gallery

I am thrilled to have one of my photographs in a group exhibition called "Summertime:  That Beautiful Season" at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon.  There is an opening reception on Friday, September 7th from 5-8:30, and the exhibition will run until September 22nd.  It is curated by Todd Tubutis who is the Executive Director of the gallery.   Here is a link to the show:  http://blackboxgallery.com/Summertime/Summertime.html

New Work!

I am very happy to have 12 new pieces hanging for the month of September at the Essential Baking Company Cafe in Wallingford.  All the photos were taken with my Holga film camera.  The film was then digitally scanned, I worked on it a bit in Lightroom, and then it was printed as a digital print.  There are some images from London, Chicago, Kauai, and then a group of surfer photographs…perfect for the end of summer!!  Here are a few -

Saturation Point

I am very excited to be a part of this large group show opening at the University House in Issaquah soon.  They have wonderful openings!!

The show is all about color, here are the pieces I am exhibiting….