Present Joys

I’ve got a couple thousand photos from CCAD archives on my hard drive. They’ve been surprisingly easy to flip through, so I’ve looked at them all several times, tagging them in Bridge with lots of keywords and ratings. Besides the ones I’ve looked at, there are many more libraries of other old photos: architecture, student work, construction projects, etc. I could spend an eternity looking through everything.

But that’s totally distracting! My plan is to celebrate CCAD by making things. As of now, I’m planning to make a book. I don’t know if the book will ever actually get made, but I’m thinking about it in those terms. Ideally, I’d love to create a list luxurious coffee-table-style book that would be printed in a small edition and sold as a premium item. But I want to be fastidious about the quality of the printing, I know I don’t have time to oversee that. Instead of a physical book, I may opt for some kind of interactive website. Who knows at this point? Time is going by so quickly and I’m feeling stressed!

Leah and I made a list of people with a long history at the school who might be fun to talk to. Some of them I know but many I don’t! I love nothing more than to contact all of them and spend a lot of time in conversation about the way CCAD used to be. I’ll be working to track them down and schedule meetings soon.

What’s next?

Oh yeah, I’m making sweaters, too! I’ll be buying a small batch of yarn soon so I can get started with test garments. Beyond that, I still need to find a mentor. I’ve reached out to some people at Homage, because I think they’ll have some great wisdom about my concept.