I spent this past weekend knee deep in glue, cardboard and colorful little bits of leather. By the end of three very full days (Friday afternoon got tossed in there as well) I had produced a diminutive looking little box for the three journals that followed me back from Africa.
More than anything, this functioned as a way to appease my fetishistic desire to arrange all objects in reach at right angles to one another, but it also served as a harsh reminder as to why I will never – ever – professionally undertake any project that requires long division and/or unit conversion. That it looks like a box at all is thanks to several rough estimations on my part, a reckless application of glue, and some artistic slices with a box-cutter.
As is the case with any project of mine, the whole thing was several aneurysms more complicated than necessary, and I don’t mean that in a “you-could-have-just-used-a-plastic-bag” sense either. It was complicated even for a box.
Otherwise, the days are steadily lurching towards September 3rd, at which point my life and lines will be re-stuffed in to their – rather worn looking – bag and tossed back across the Atlantic to begin a glorious autumn with these two :-)
Oh, and before I go… I was listening to some older tracks in the ol’iPod a few days ago and came across this, which could well have been my favorite song for the final two years of high-school, but for the fear of being tagged a Dusty Springfield devotee thirty years after that was considered _cool_. Thought I’d pass it along….
Nate
Come to think of it, I’m not sure that was _ever_ considered cool. Good thing I kept my mouth shut.
m.
That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)…best ever. Don’t even try to argue with me.
Taylor
upon your return you could make a light box out of easily (and cheaply) bought supplies at your friendly do it your self shop. Or just call my dad he has more than one could ever imagine. And FYI, only an architect would complicate the making of a box to the degree of long division and unit conversion. you also need some classy final result photos to showcase your good work!
Nate
MKR – Eh…. “That Old Sweet Roll”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KDv7l4X5Q is good….but ……it’s no Spooky :-)
Taylor – re: the lightbox: excellent idea. If you dad has an extra “Cintiq 12WX”:http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Cintiq-12-Pen-Display/dp/B00115OFJK lying around too, have him gimme a call. :-)
Julia
Just saw the last photos you posted- Amazing- The one of the jockey staring at you is INSANE…You could make some big bucks for that ;) So great! Check this out, I think you will like it :)
http://djzebra.free.fr/DJZebra_New_walk_on_the_soul_side.mp3
Justin
Nice pictures man.