An 18″x12″ print inspired by a post on PZ Myers’ blog about Sperm whales killer poor, sweet, innocent cephalopods.

Despite its size, it didn’t take as long as I thought it would compared to my other larger piece (it was only an 8×10) but this required far less geometric patterns, and far less areas to clear.

It’s been a dull weekend. Disappointing one too. I was so enthused from last week’s slides that I hopped on eBay to find some more. I saw a huge lot of 1800 slides described as being of the eastern seaboard from  “1950-Now”. The seller was close so I just picked them up.

However the oldest slides were no older than 1971, the vast majority were boring… very boring slides from, predominantly, October of 1983, and there were next to no people in them. I was hoping for sea captains, fishermen and all sorts of coastal culture. Nope. I was supremely bummed.

What I liked about last week’s slides were their very amateur and dated nature. The fashions obviously placed the time frame, and lack of composition or context added an air of mystery and interest to them.

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