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Pixie
$55.00
Description
Pixie – Kunekune pig wearing a fake diamanté watch around her neck.
In 1995 Rachael’s had her first big breakthrough when she entered an image of a pig wearing a watch in a competition for professional New Zealand photographers. The only stipulation was that the image included a watch or clock face. "The pig was a Kunekune called Pixie," says Rachael. "And the watch was made out of an old alarm clock, an ancient leather belt, massive fake diamantes and modelling clay fastened round Pixie's chubby neck." The prize was a set of studio lights. Rachael, who just returned from London, broke and hoping to set up business on her own, desperately needed those lights. "And I won!" says Rachael. This same image also went on to win a Gold Award at New Zealand and the Australian Professional Photography Awards.
Pixie was an adorable Pig, she was quite large and not the prettiest, but her personality shone through. Rachael set up a background in the barn at the farm where Pixie lived and encouraged Pixie onto the backdrop using copious loaves of bread. When Pixie sat down, she was so chubby that her back legs disappeared underneath her tummy, so Rachael had to reach in and gently pull one of her back legs out from underneath her so she didn’t look like she had any back legs! Pixie was happy to sit with the fake watch around her neck for as long as someone kept feeding her slices of bread and the occasional banana, one very happy and well feed pig!
Pixie was Photographed by Rachael using her 4x5 inch Toyo View Camera with Pos/Neg B&W Polaroid Film, using a large Octo Elinchrom Softbox Studio Flash.
* This image is from Rachael’s earlier work, which were all photographed using a Large Format 4x5 inch Film Camera, and occasionally an 8x10 inch Polaroid Camera. Rachael used a very shallow depth of field when photographing with film cameras, this gives these images a softer more painterly quality when printed, the prints still look stunning in all sizes and make magnificent Art pieces, they just don’t appear quite as crisp as an image created on a digital camera.
Rachael recommends this image to be framed using a White, Whitewashed, Oak or Dark Wood Frame with a white border, or as a canvas with a White, Black or Dark Wood float frame surround.
Framing
Fine Art Prints are available in five different sizes; 10x12, 12x16, 16x20, 24x30 and 30x40 inches
We have a collection of beautifully crafted Wood Box frames available in 5 different colour ways to choose from for framing your Fine Art Prints: Black, White, White Wash, Grey and Dark Wood.
Fine Art Prints can be framed full bleed, or you can choose the option to have a white border around your image to separate the image from the frame. If you choose to have a border, the image size will be smaller; for example, if you choose a 10x12 inch print with a border, your final product size will be 10x12 inch but your image size will be closer to 8x10 inches. See sample photo.
If you wish to purchase a larger size print than the standard sizes we have on offer, please email us at info@rachaelmckenna.com for custom pricing based on your request.
