FELTROSA 2010, let me give you a picture of it

The Climate Is Changing - Cover of the exhibit's catalogue

FELTROSA 2010 is getting closer and this is one of the reasons why I have been quite busy and not active on my blog.

The exhibit opening will take place on the 7th of May 2010 @ 6:30 pm

I invite you to refer to the creator of the event’s website, Eva Basile, that along with the Museo del Tessuto in Prato and the help of many sponsors and partners, among which I would like to mention Gaia Gualtieri of Gruppo Colle, was able to set up a resonant happening that immediately filled up all the workshops, assaulted by storms of enthusiasts ready to be challenged in the learning process of new techniques for hand-felting.

What is my role in all this? soon to be clarified, I have started helping Mrs. Basile a few months ago, from the first meetings and then taking over the art direction and graphic design role, in the attempt of shaping the event in all its aspects.

This post will be centered around the picture that will be used as a cover for the catalogue and all the relative promotional materials. Working with an artist such as Eva Basile makes the life easy and smooth, as we were discussing the best solution for the cover of the catalogue she realized in a few days a felted 3D version of the logo of the event: FELT.

The contest that saw many artists participating resulted in an exhibit that will feature the 50 best FELT masterpieces selected by a board of experts that evaluated the quality and the consistency of the pieces with the theme: “The Climate is Changing”

Going back to the picture I wanted to share with you, the main issue was to calibrate all the light sources (continuous tungsten light)  to obtain an evenly lit, but not flat, picture with highlights that were soft and not burned, to do so I opted for the spilling light, a technique often used to have a soft and encircling light. Basically you concentrate on those rays that laterally spill from your light source. Although this technique can be used with any kind of lightsource, strobes or continuous, I prefer to visually control all the elements by using 800 watts quartz flagged through brollies or soft boxes.

The picture was taken with a Canon EOS5D Mark II and a Canon 50mm  f2.5 macro lens, 3 light sources and a reflective panel