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A Reflective Journal
Martina Margaux
CSM MA Fine Art 2023-2025
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Oct 24, 20242 min read
Incense Stick Lumen Prints (?)
I continued my exploration of kinds of incense. This time, I used incense sticks. My original intention was to try and capture the...
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martinamargaux
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Incense Experiments
Tragically, I finished my balsamic crystal incense! I went to one of the best incense places I know but it's an Indian shop and they...
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martinamargaux
Sep 26, 20241 min read
Kozmic Prayers - Incense Crystal Photograms
Here is a new batch from my incense photogram sessions. I experimented with integrating flowers into the incense crystals. The effect is...
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martinamargaux
Jun 14, 20241 min read
Photograms with crystal incense - test 2
I gave it another go...I am so attracted to this material. And I feel it is slowly opening up to me. I did not expect such a cosmic...
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martinamargaux
May 19, 20243 min read
Photograms with crystal incense - test 1
I've made a test with the crystal incense I discovered last month. Right now every corner of my flat smells like strong balsamic...
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martinamargaux
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Surprising Crystal Incense Shapes
I caught a cold from the airplane AC. But every bad thing is an chance of discovery..! I'm in Alula right now, trying to survive both...
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martinamargaux
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Experiments with collage - embryo idea for Mirage series
I played around with the idea of making a piece using different layers of photographic paper. I used an underexposed test print in which...
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martinamargaux
Feb 10, 20241 min read
my untrue/unreal
Playing around to work on a series of unreal landscapes through image manipulation. I have used various elements including Infrared...
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martinamargaux
Feb 8, 20241 min read
Photograms B&W
First test working with crystals. I used a prism hanging from the enlarger For my second session, I experimented with 3d and 2d...
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martinamargaux
Jan 30, 20241 min read
The essence of Sunset
The other day I was looking at sunset and was mesmerised by the richness and nuances of colours. And I started playing with the idea of...
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martinamargaux
Jan 14, 20241 min read
Shadows of Myth #1
The desert is alive and moving. This series of pictures focuses on anthropomorphism, the human tendency to attribute human...
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martinamargaux
Dec 4, 20233 min read
Exploring process - Instinct
First day in AlUla, visiting my sister Sofia. I spent the day in an artist residency in a palm grove, where my sister works. I reflect...
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martinamargaux
Nov 15, 20232 min read
FEVER AND COLOUR
If this post had a soundtrack, it would be “Fever” by Peggy Lee. After my initiation in the darkroom, this is all I can think about. I...
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martinamargaux
Nov 12, 20232 min read
I fell in love with the dark room
Yesterday was my first time in a darkroom. Why have I never done it before?! It was an epiphany. There’s a quality of sensuality,...
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martinamargaux
Oct 29, 20235 min read
Risk and the element of surprise
Last week, MM was invited to do something risky, something that might likely fail. At first she was excited, she liked the idea of a...
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martinamargaux
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Maya
I encountered Maya while taking a stroll on a rainy night. They manifested through a lost scarf. This made me think of experimenting with...
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martinamargaux
Oct 22, 202310 min read
Is it true that the sky is blue? A philosophical divertissement with ChatGPT.
You What is truth? ChatGPT ChatGPT The concept of truth is a fundamental and complex philosophical and epistemological concept that has...
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