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I'm beginning to put together gallery of shots that I like that are guaranteed 100% unsellable. This is one of them.

Accordian Book

I took a run down to A. I. Friedman this morning and finally bought a bunch of bookmaking supplies so that I can hand make a Japanese Accordian style book. Prints will simply be glued to mat board pages. Essentially - black 2-ply museum board gets hinged with black linen tape - and then a cover is made from bookboard and covered with linen. I haven't decided yet whether I'll bind it in such a way that it doesn't open up into the accordian or not. But everywhere I go, when I talk to people in various shops - they are excited to see someone making a handmade object and are very helpful. If nothing else, it should be a good prototype for Matt who wants to do a much larger version using this technique. The mat board pages are hinged on front and back with linen tape. The benefit of this technique is that the book lies flat, and is very sturdy. The downside is that it is handmade and fairly time consuming to produce.

Then stopped at Adorama. At first I couldn't even find the chemicals. They keep moving further and further towards the back of the store. The shelves where the fixer, developer etc. used to be are now filled with inkjet paper and other modern sundries. I joked with the cashier that soon there won't be any room left in the store for darkroom supplies at all.