Working on lasercutter design files. For luminaria, & to finish the interactive slider version 👆👇 of my manicule vs printers fist letterpress poster (lefthand printer fists will stick out on side of poster as movable tabs):

Thank you!

(therefore a computer *can never* make a management decision)

(Here's the essay by @bessbell.bsky.social the quote is from; recommended reading if you're struggling w/mental health issues, or w/government & social pressures making it difficult to pursue medical treatment for them)

I printed this test (verrry carefully on a Vandercook given paper thinness) back at Penland in July, but didn't get to try lighting it until now. Final will have more exact cuts, no paper/tape overlaps, etc. but now I know what to expect from paper opacity & floral wiring.

Yes! And those sound like very good things

This is one of the more "make bad art" school of things I've made, & it was such a joy (& challenge, to build overnight from what's on hand light enough to float, & that won't tip over in the wind). Excited to make more things that interact w/outdoors, including more polished installation-sized art:

Lots of shore-related printing to go with the "what if letterpress but floating?" I didn't get my July letterpress-kite & in the air yet nor my printed lanterns lit, so it was nice to actually test out one of my unusual-location ideas.

The boat not only floated, it made it alone overnight on a windy lagoon without tipping/sinking. Here's the originally intended larger glitter sail (etching press to allow larger paper size, wood type, mica powder, sealant) & shore banners gauging the breeze

Wasn't sure if the boat would be light enough or windproof enough until I got it in the water, or if it'd tilt, get printed sail wet, sink. Had to scrap plans for larger glitter sail; used 6 soda bottles, 2 airfilled ziplocks, hotglued branches for buoyancy & frame.

Nice! I loved this class

Course says it'll stay open after that date until seats fill—but it was a joyously full class for the course when I took it a couple years ago, & I expect that interest has only increased.