opening

to provide a visual of the opening reception for those of you who could not be there,

the film room at times:

the film room at other times:

the light box room:

details of light boxes:

…and stills from the films:

taff power!

fancy who showed up today! shout out to all these people for making it happen.

out of my head, into yours. team taff-power!

magic, mostly.

measure, fold, seal, measure, pour…

..magic.

light shadow box

so these are supposed to be the only light source in the room. there are a dozen, so it should be fine. they are like illuminated shadow boxes. or night lights. or something. either way, the idea here is that you are looking into this scene that’s split among all these containers and and and ask me about it at the exhibit…please!

ta da!

how about that? came out real pretty.

…and then i destroyed it.

i’m going to need more resin

new prototype. starting off with a solid, fairly clean base,

it’s off with the resin cart to the great outdoors!

only maybe 27 more problems to solve!

this has got to be terribly boring. well, you decided to come here.

by any and all means necessary

gorilla tape is not the most attractive solution, but it does clarify the issues.

also, playing with some textures:

now, onto the next ‘prototype’.

video editing

…requires so much time tying up the program to import and convert that i have to force distractions. yes, force them, instead of watching the time remaining for ‘stabilization analyzing’ of a 20 minute clip.

so i turn to pinterest, among other things. and in the meanwhile, as well, i finally had the cherry cider i got from a town somewhere around these parts…

also, i made a short term plan to tackle the metal form problem. tomorrow.

you asked, but this is why it’s better sometimes to use twitter, i think.

new stretegy: more patience

you asked. this is what is happening.

really exciting stuff.

i have moved on to the next phase of possible solutions. this one involves patiently waiting for all the silicone to cure so i’ve hopefully got a useful seal. then my favorite! one more coat of resin to fill in the gaps.

meanwhile, i edit video.

[and understand more fully the difficulty in documenting the process, credibly, the most important aspect, but most of the time, so un-discussion-worthy.]

resin semi-fail

got the metal bent close enough and sealed the cracks. poured the resin, which cured incredibly fast. it got so hot that it shrunk the acrylic and everything came unglued from the metal.

i could tell it had the potential to be really beautiful. but i think i might’ve added too much catalyst…

so i poured it again, in multiple thin layers.