After three weeks of steady work I am at the finish line to completion of the new darkroom. Body aches and self-inflicted wound as they are, the finished printing room will be worth the blood and tears in bringing it to life. This is a true work of love for me. Only a distant dream over the past thirty years. This is way better than a shiny new wagon. But then I'm just old.
Phase I was building a new workshop building, with sub-floor and roof. Three parts. Done. The past three weeks has seen my building shelving and other accommodations in the new shop to hold all the stuff from the old building, then clearing it out to bare frame to be insulated and sheet rocked, with sink frame and working counters. The final phase arrives next with when my contractor friend returns for finishing the darkroom. Final piece to it all is building my Solar Printer, in my new workshop.
With my daily focus on building things, I have had little opportunity to print, with exception to a couple hours last week on Saturday in PJ's darkroom. That netted me one new print I had yet to print. Tomorrow with the light in my favor I will get it digitized to post. What I can tell you is that by the end of the year I will be printing regularly, daily. There will be prints to show, new things learned, as I will be ready to print in palladium, not just tone in palladium. That is going to be a very nice upgrade for me.
My thanks to you for visiting my blog, and returning. Soon, there will be a new stream of images to check out and possibilities to explore. Stay tuned.
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