May, 2008 Hello from Santa Monica! The last few months have been busy for me. Lots of contract work, trips around to here and there and just about nil time to push forward with my various personal projects. As if that weren't enough, my wife and I are expecting the birth of our first child come August, which means that all of the photo gear I store in that extra room is going to have to find a new home. Elsewhere in my life there is also new birth - I've just in the past week put the finishing touches on a five-image series that I've been steadily working on for the past two years that will soon to be revealed to the world. Am I being purposefully vague? Yes. This is the "secret" project I've been eluding to over the past year. This new series marks a huge departure for me in terms of subject matter and general artistic approach. The time for a full reveal is not yet here. In addition to putting the finishing touches on this five-image series that represents the culmination of two years of work, I've also been working on a number of personal projects over the last few months. As for the past year I'm continuing to push steadily forward on my long term project involving defocused architectural features. Lots of good creative energy flowing on all fronts. Red Wax Ribbon 3 - 2006 - Mixtures of hot, molten wax and cold, fridig water brought this image into being. Many believe this image is actually a still of molten wax in motion, but the reality is far different. Creation of this image as well as many of my other wax photographs was a two-step process. First, I created the wax ribbons by "pulling" liquid wax carefully by hand through a solution of chilled water. This process generated a slightly swirled ultra-thin "sculpture" of wax that measured on average approximately 12" tall. The "sculptures" were mostly able to stand on their own once cooled but were extremely fragile due to their delicate nature. I then did a shoot with each of the various sculptures that came out of the molten wax sessions. After an hour or so of shooting, most of the sculptures completely disintegrated from being handled. All that remains is the imagery from the eye of the camera. This print is currently showing online and is available for purchase as a fine art print in my Wax gallery. Cheers, Walt Jones