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After several years of photographing this cast iron grating in Indiana, this image surprised the artists. Suddenly the sunset was revealed in detail and nuance that had not been available. The general manager of the foundry who makes the grating explained that the patina of the cast iron does not deteriorate, and can often be restored from season to season!
$250.00 – $805.00
Review written by Bill Teeple, Curator of ICON Gallery in Fairfield, IA for the IOWA SOURCE (© 2019 reprinted with permission):
This photograph (and others in this collection) “reveals the rich variety of colors and textures that appear in cast iron when photographed during the “golden hour.”
“The artworks are macro photographs of cast iron street gratings cast with a bas-relief sculpture of a trout and framed by the words “dump no waste” and “drains to waterways.” The gratings are a plea for the public to care for the environment.
“Cast iron exposed to the open air oxidizes in different ways, creating tens of thousands of mirror-like surfaces that catch incoming light at different angles and depths. The resulting images bring the viewer in close proximity to the delicacy of early morning and late afternoon light during various weather conditions and seasons.During this golden hour light, richer and brighter colors are revealed.
“Duncan and Carla Brown’s work is created using archival pigments, and displays the same ability as the original cast iron to reflect and mirror light at different times of day. Duncan Brown and Carla Brown discovered the gratings in 2018. Duncan has taken thousands of photos of gratings in the Upper Midwest, and Carla has been essential in editing the images.”
