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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
>
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>
> 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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