jb blunk/

handcrafted modern/outtakes/blunk

Well...obviously I am having a JB Blunk moment. I had to go through the images I shot for Handcrafted Modern the other day and realized that all the digital images I shot I just never even looked at. Like this first image. I literally had never noticed it until the other day. I am in love with it now needless to say. Click on it to make it bigger. Take a little mental vacation.

handcrafted modern/outtakes/blunk

I guess it makes sense that all this work on my new book has led to reviewing my first one, Handcrafted Modern. There are so many images that have never been seen, including this one at JB Blunk's home. I have been posting some outtakes on Instagram as well so you can follow me there if you'd like. I'd love to have you. I'm lesliewilliamson on IG.

charles delisle/

Just a quick pic today of designer Charles DeLisle's home. I'm a little obsessed with his Chainsaw Chair right now. Check it out here.

happy holidays/

Hoping you and yours have a wonderful holiday season. Me? I'll be mixing cement...(noooo...not really). That is a cement mixer, isn't it? This just cracked me up as I drove down the hill from the Blunk Residency. I love the odd things people do. I wish I knew the story behind this one...I cannot even begin to imagine.

Kisses you lovely people!

j.b.blunk residency/

I found myself lucky enough to stay at the J.B. Blunk house again a couple of weeks ago. This is where I woke up....absolutely no complaints. I went to sleep counting the shooting stars.

jb blunk residency/oliver halsman rosenberg

A detail from Oliver Halsman Rosenberg's studio at the Blunk Residency. It is funny, I have been shooting the artists in residence for a year now and Oliver has really moved in to the space more than anyone else to date. I was shooting there for a couple hours before I noticed that there were all these little people looking at me from the shelves. I love how he has nestled his work in and among all of JB's ephemera and tools.

jb blunk residency/oliver halsman rosenberg

Yesterday I had the pleasure of heading back to the jb blunk residency - this time to shoot Oliver Halsman Rosenberg, who is the current artist in residence. Kind of a perfect day...sun when I needed it, a misty moodiness when I was finishing up and ladybugs hatching all over the house. This is one of my favorite portraits from the day.

handcrafted modern/outtakes/blunk

I figured I would end the week with a few of the details I tend to get lost in. More details of JB Blunk's studio.

handcrafted modern/outtakes/blunk

One thing that got edited out of Handcrafted Modern in a couple of chapters is the workspaces and studios. In JB Blunk's chapter especially, there just was not enough pages to fit JB's studio. Here are a couple of my favorites. I love all the stones he collected.

handcrafted modern/outtakes/blunk

There was a really nice article about me in the Chronicle yesterday. Kind of surprising to see a picture of me on the front of the newspaper, but I thought I would share this picture at JB Blunk's house as I mentioned it in the article. This is the picture I shot at sunrise at JB Blunk's home. I really adore this picture but it did not make it in the book. For some reason I thought I had shared it before, but I don't see it in past blogs. There are still so many outtakes to share. I guess I'll just keep going.

On another note, I would love any feedback from you all on how I can make my blog better. I am not the most savvy at integrating all these social media things. My blog is on Networked blogs if you'd like to follow that way. And I have a fan page on Facebook that posts the blog daily. On Facebook my fan page is Leslie Williamson Photo. I look forward to hearing from you!

handcrafted modern/outtakes/blunk

I mentioned in JB Blunk's chapter of Handcrafted Modern that I have a bit of a soft spot for JB Blunk's house because I got to stay there. Well here is what I woke up to. Another couple of shots off my phone, but I think you all understand now. Absolutely sublime.

jb blunk residency/benjamin britton

Another nice shot of Benjamin Britton. He was working on some drawings in his journal here.

jb blunk residency/benjamin britton

A view of benjamin britton's studio at the jb blunk residency.

jb blunk residency/benjamin britton

Spent a rainy Sunday morning up at the jb blunk residency with current artist in residence, Benjamin Britton. After a really quick edit of the portraits I shot, I really think this is my favorite thus far...

gordon onslow ford/painting studio

Yesterday was one of those really good days. I was invited to tea at Gordon Onslow Ford's house by the co-founder and director of the Lucid Art Foundation, Fariba Bogzaran. I have been dying to see Onslow Ford's home since I shot JB Blunk's home for Handcrafted Modern. I can't share too much of the scouting images I shot, but this is one of my favorites from his painting studio. His studio had been meticulously maintained as it was when Onslow Ford was alive. I love all these words tacked to the wall. My favorite? "Harmony in a world of shallow depth."

jb blunk residency/beatrice pediconi

another from beatrice pediconi's time at the jb blunk residency. I find myself looking at this image and wanting to just sit in this chair for a really long time.

jb blunk residency/beatrice pediconi

Just getting ready for another Blunk open house this weekend. In all the craziness of the book launch and subsequent events I realized I never shared any of the images from the last artist, Beatrice Pediconi. She wanted a more informal portrait so I shot her getting ready for her open house in the studio. As I was documenting how the house changed I wandered into the bedroom and found what you see in the second shot. I could not have set up a more perfect monochromatic shot if I tried.

jb blunk/

Quick shot from my phone at JB Blunk's home last week. No one ever saw all the pictures of his books I took. Lots of Jung on those shelves...

jb blunk/scrap chair

Another wonderful Open House this weekend at the JB Blunk Residency, this time for photographer Beatrice Pediconi. More pics of the studio tomorrow. Last week I was up at the residency shooting the Scrap Chair for an upcoming museum catalog and I ended up doing a couple of unorthodox shots that I really like. This is one of them. And as I was shooting, I noticed something I had never noticed before on the chair....JB's "signature".  Love it.