Along the same lines as “Flypaper”, the last podcast. This time, I collected bits and pieces from around the garden, dried them out, broke them up, and taped them to a strip of 16mm film. The results aren’t as unique as flypaper, but I had to give it a try. The colours of a lot of the flower petals were lost in the drying process because I dried them under lights (I’m so impatient.)

Next time, I’ll collect a better variety of coloured flower petals, and make sure they’re thin enough to let light through.

Now I’m wondering what else I can tape to film. Unfortunately, if it’s not thin enough, it bulges when going through the gate, and the focus gets lost. Thinking I might do some frame-by frame transfer to 16mm to have a little more control. Might not have enough patience for that. We’ll see.

This film was inspired by Stan Brakhage.