Roadbenders

August 2004


I DID IT!

August 25, 2004

It’s sent!! It’s off to Greece! I really sent it! Hooray for me! I had to drive all over Creation and call several places before I found a post office that 1) knew what an International Reply Coupon was and 2) had them in stock. Two hours and $40 later, it was sent. It should
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bound and ready to go

August 24, 2004

Finished the portfolio last night, and had it packed and ready to go before I remembered that I had promised pictures. So, here are some quick, rather bad images taken hastily because they were the last task between me and sleep: The statement I included is weak, to say the least, but after two months
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this weekend

August 23, 2004

Rebound a new portfolio, with better results than the original. Mounted all my photographs, printed four cyanotypes and created labels for everything on my sweet little unused photo printer. It looks snazzy, pictures to come. The cyanotypes were especially satisfying, as I seem to have finally gotten the hang of exposing them long enough to
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In the interest of science


Past three weeks: 0 sugar intake, slight mental fog, extremely even/low emotional temperature, slight hostility towards others. This morning: ingested (1) bag of animal crackers, (1) bag of M&Ms and a banana smoothie made with sweetened orange juice. Result? Renewed enthusiasm for life & work. Marked increase in warmth toward coworkers & positive outlook on
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photograms

August 20, 2004

This is one of three I made on Saturday. I haven’t made these since I was in the third grade. I masked long sheets of watercolor paper, sensitized over the masking, and then arranged stuff I found on a walk.

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good weekend

August 17, 2004

Saturday morning, I woke up and immediately called my local photo place to see if they had any Time-Zero film in stock. I was urgent about it, it has been so long since I’ve done any manipulations. They had two packs left, so I had them hold them for me. On a whim, I grabbed
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prints

August 10, 2004

I recently bought prints from Antigirl and they arrived today, hooray!! They are even better in person than they are on the web. I am smuggling them into my cubicle tomorrow to make me feel more human.

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