Re: workspace
"your energy fits your space" hmmm.... I've parsed that a few times trying to find something positive in there But regarding your bathtub developing station, I worry about your back. I guess it is the nature of my haphazard approach, but I spend a lot of time swishing prints and fussing over things. I cringe when I think of leaning over that tub (and no, my bathtub IS in better shape than my mixing area) On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Christina Z. Anderson <zphoto@montana.net> wrote: > I uploaded four pix of my workspace, but even though it looks pretty clean > and organized, it is SO organized I lost my step wedges! Still can't find > them. > > http://christinaanderson.visualserver.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=2076 > > Also, kitchen is used to size only when famdam is gone. Bathroom is used > continually and my kids know that if they take a shower in there, they are > likely to get magenta feet. Loris, you can see how I make multiple prints at > once. > > I have to tell a funny--I showed a Powerpoint of my Research and Creativity > to the Provost at our university (he's the man that decides budgetary issues > among many other things). I showed the image of my bathroom development > that is on my website. My department head thought it was hilarious, because > the Provost is a chemist and seeing a bathroom used in this manner would be > anaethema, and therefore a good image to convince someone of our need for > more funds, which, of course, was not my intention at all. I just have to > work at home because I can't get distracted by 100 questions from students > while working. > > And our Provost totally understood gum printing when I explained the process > and said he'd be glad to help with research into the chemistry of gum. I > have an ally! > > Keith, your workspace makes me totally LAUGH. I am pretty blessed to have > met you in person (had lunch in Chicago with him and Mark Nelson one day) > and your energy fits your space. And Judy, I have SEEN your workspace...I > remember going to your house and there was a woman there who was using your > darkroom to do her work. I thought that was incredibly generous of you, as > I would never let anyone use my dimroom space. But if I remember correctly, > you have an upstairs studio (huge) and the entire basement for your darkroom > so you have HUGE space for all your stuff. Mine is just a bedroom. And I > learned the hard way that carpeting is not good for a dimroom, as I have a > nice cyanotype stain on my brand new carpeting. > Chris > > __________________ > > Christina Z. Anderson > http://christinaZanderson.com/ > __________________ > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Gerling" <keith.gerling@gmail.com> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:27 PM > Subject: Re: workspace > > >> "I bet he knows where everything is" >> >> uh ,no. Actually, I found a long-lost can of rubber cement by looking >> at that photo. And there's that Dulling Spray I was looking for... >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com> wrote: >>> >>> Keith's space looks like home, except I thought when I looked at it, "I >>> bet >>> he knows where everything is" -- more than I can say for myself. (Still >>> looking for the 3 pairs of scissors I *carefully* put... someplace.) Plus >>> picture an unmade bed in the background: I sleep on a foam mattress on a >>> flat file in the studio: so I can roll out of bed to "fix" (or destroy) >>> whatever whenever. >>> >>> However, I've probably mentioned that I'm fanatically careful about not >>> letting am di flakes get loose and/or into the air... (It's worked for >>> 20-plus years, and who knows? maybe a few more.) >>> >>> J. >>> >>> >> > > >
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