Lockdown projects: shoot liquid color abstracts from the comfort of home

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Create and photograph images like these, using a basic camera setup and everyday kitchen items (Image credit: Niamh Cottle/Future)

Spending more time at home has given me the opportunity to use everyday objects to create interesting and unknown images. I particularly wanted to focus on how I could experiment creatively with color, and started to ponder some sources of inspiration. 

After some research, I found what I was looking for in a collection of Jackson Pollock work. This led me to envisage the kinds of colors that I could produce by mixing together items in my kitchen – water, oil and food coloring – and then capture the results with my camera. 

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