An off grid art laboratory in the Secret Forest

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  • Cooking with the Moon flowers (annual honesty)

    Cooking with the Moon flowers (annual honesty)

    This year the forest was filled with Lunaria annua, a wild biennial herbaceous plant. Also known as Moon grass because of the silvery fruits that recall the full moon. It is among the first to bloom in spring. I cook its leaves and purple flowers with a pumpkin puree. Leaves can both be eaten raw […]

  • 8×10″ enlarger. A DYI solution for the Secret Forest Darkroom

    8×10″ enlarger. A DYI solution for the Secret Forest Darkroom

    I finally tested the 8×10” enlarger that I made here in the Secret Forest. It is conceived as an extension of the previous enlarger from 1900 that I had restored and will remain in use for the smaller formats and with which it now shares the vertical movement system (rail, counterweight, gears) After tinkering a […]