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04/28/2004 Entry: "too many irons"

Too many irons in the fire?

Not content with trying to assemble the 62 page accordion book for my alt-process class, due in just over one week from today, my workaholic little mind was distracted by a flyer posted in the art center studio. The Maryland Federation of Art is having a juried show entitled "Go Figure." With so many enlarged negatives already created for the alt-process class, it seemed only logical to consider making a few gum bichromate prints to enter in the show. Never mind that the deadline for entries is only a week away and I still have at least one or two more layers of gum to print, slides to shoot and develop, etc. before sticking the entry form and other items in the mail. It'll be close, right down to the wire, and maybe all for naught if none of the prints are accepted into the show. I can enter up to four pieces and plan on submitting gum prints of this (NSFW), this, this and a Van Dyke of this.

Tonight's schedule will be to add another layer of gum to several prints, burn at least a Van Dyke or three, and get started on assembly of the book project. If all goes well, I can shoot some slides tomorrow night, get them developed Friday and also spend Friday working on more book assembly.

You'd think I'd want some time off from photography after all this. Hah.. guess again. I'm already trying to schedule a few models for a project to be shot in late May and early June. With shooting planned at Kilgore Falls, if the cicadas don't create too much fuss, the project will be a pictorialist series of myth/fantasy images. With a Pre-Raphaelite flavor, and a bit of influence from Imogen Cunnigham's work, this figure/landscape series will be shot in both IR and b/w, then printed in several alt-process techniques.

Posted by dan @ 04/29/2004 12:02 PM ET

The fact that you're invigorated by all the photography activity just points to the fact that you should be doing it full-time.

Posted by maggie@fluffybattlekitten.com @ 04/28/2004 03:52 PM ET