AMUNDSEN FOOD EQUIPMENT

Oh... this is just my first roll of negatives EVER. No big deal.

I went to my photo-lab appointment today and met the darkroom dude. He is very ...eccentric. He speaks as little as possible, dresses in European attire, is tall and thin, and comes off slightly condescending. I do like the guy, though. I'm just pretty sure my excitement and energy freaked him out. Haha, and for the hour that I was there, I definitely told him that this was my first roll at least twenty-seven times.

When I first walked in, he took my camera, opened the back, and lead me into a tiny room with organized equipment. He put the scissors next to the bottle opener and slid them over to the bowl and the film holder. Then he turned around, hit the light, walked out, and closed the door behind him. Umm.. by the way, buddy, I've never developed film before! Geez, I didn't even know how to take the film out of camera, haha! Anyway, after about ten minutes in that room and a lot of frustration with the plastic switchy-thing, I finally managed to properly tuck the film in the light-tight container. ...Wow, I was so excited.. Looking back, I feel quite bad for the guy. He probably thinks I'm like the most excited, nervous person ever.

Experimenting through Collage Lab - Lab 1: Basic Gesso Surface.

A varied selection, some of which I ended up not using: a fork, some sequins, a leather strip, a small feather, pearl and metallic floss, a roll of velvet, a sponge, paper strips, a large split ring, a rubber, a plastic bead, double sided tape, a thin paintbrush, a wooden skewer, a fine tooth comb, a twist bottle cap, a sweet wrapper, a clothes peg, a random piece of metal with a pattern on it and a patterned pencil topper. Obviously I spent far too much time thinking about what I would use - but I guess I’d rather have too much stuff than not enough!