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it's becoming my friend," she laughs. Molly's other good art friend is Salinas-based flower designer Reina Ramirez, who brings Molly flowers that translate well to her photograms. Dried-out flowers show more detail on the prints. "Reina's work is very sculptural, and she goes outside the box," Molly says. "She has done the flowers for the Jet Center event for three years and is my partner in creative crime. We inspire each other in different ways. She is three dimensional and I'm two dimensional." Besides her life-long love of photography, Molly spent years as a textile and clothing designer. Her hand-beaded vests, handbags and scar ves were carried by Henri Bendel and Nordstrom. Reversing negatives, making prints with exhausted chemistry, lumen prints (placing objects directly on photo paper in the sun), and spray-painted photographs are among the many techniques Molly uses to obtain interest- ing creative effects. "I love putting the old and new together," she says. She also frequently takes par t in workshops in the Bay Area. "They push you in class," she says. "It's great being around all the creative energy." In her artist statement, Molly says her work is about renewal. "I try to look for new ways to see the world around me and then capture that intimate moment reflecting the new discovery. I try to work spontaneously before I have time to think and get in the way." And despite all the creative inspiration she gets from friends and family, her favorite part of the process is discovering ideas alone. "Solitude is my favorite part of making art," she says. "Just swimming around in my own head." For more information on Molly McCall's art, please go to www.mollymccall.com. McCall aims to capture "the delicacy of nature in graphic images." (Top) "Renew" is from "a group of roadside twigs, rendered on glass and fused into a bent plate form," McCall explains. (Bottom) "Respond" was created from "a whimsical plant found on the trail at Garland Park," McCall says. On her daily hikes, she "witnessed the transition from plant to flower, to vanishing altogether." 148-151 Molly McCall_Carmel Mag 1/24/14 7:51 AM Page 4