Ollie Fern
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Ollie Fern
@whalefern.bsky.social
cyanotype artist, photographer, painter, and creature espousèd to @nemerevermore.bsky.social. Pike Place handmade artist! photos mine unless otherwise noted. no ai (ugh). if you see a pigeon tell it i said hi. art at https://www.whalefern.com
OH YUPPPPP
September 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
micah referred to the bird feeder as “Ollie enrichment”
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It absolutely does! And your trial prints/misprints count toward the materials cost of the finished prints.
September 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
In my case it’s a little like asking a woodblock printmaker how long it took them to make a print, but telling them not to include the time they spent drawing the design or carving the block, only the time spent on that individual print. (Though probably people do ask block printmakers that too.)
September 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I never know what people are looking for when they ask how long a piece took to make. Some are clearly just curious about the process and want to chat (I’m happy to!), but often it’s asked a little suspiciously, like people want to sniff out whether a piece is really worth what I’m charging.
September 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
YESSSSSSS
September 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thank you!
September 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
(My example prints are of wildlife because that’s most of my photography, but we can work with anything from family photos to landscapes to pet pictures 🐕🐈‍⬛🦜)
September 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m really hoping I get to teach it again! Also, I’m hoping to visit SF sometime in the next couple of years (I have family there)
September 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Cyanotype is a lovely way of creating something physical and one-of-a-kind from your photographs. We can work with any kind of photos, including cell phone photos. To keep the workshop beginner-friendly, I’ll make everyone’s transparencies ahead of time, then walk you through the process in class.
September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
okay now I especially want to see one of these magnificent dinosaur muppets in action
September 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
watched it like “this is not going to go well for the butterfl—WOW”
August 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Ooh, not long at all for a heron! Seven to ten minutes in full summer afternoon sun!
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I did not know what zucchini could accomplish, left unchecked; incredible
August 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thank you ☺️!!!
August 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
pure poetry
August 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
💙💙💙💙💙
August 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it wasn’t vocalizing and the weather wasn’t hot (and the bird emerged from somewhere in the shade). just seemed to be a case of tongue for tongue’s sake
August 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM