Cyanotyping and cake.

Cyanotyping.

     Today Crista and I did a cyanotype of oyster shells as part of her project documenting our projects.   We placed a native Olympia shell in the middle and surrounded it with Pacific oyster shells from my shell bags.  She pre-painted paper with whatever chemical it takes and let it dry.  We designed the oyster shells and then Crista brought out the paper in a black bag.  We carefully pulled the paper out and placed the bag over the top and placed the shells on the paper letting as little light in as possible.

Crista waiting for the exposure to take.

   We then pulled off the bag and let it set for about ten minutes, after which time we pulled off the shells and ran through the building to the lab to douse it in water and stop the exposure.  After a rinse in water and hydrogen peroxide it was ready to hang dry.

Ready to hang dry.

Close up.

     Later in the afternoon Dr. Brian Bingham did a presentation on presentations, do's and don'ts.  Half was on slideshows, graphs and general rules on how to make the best impact and impression of your project utilizing your slideshow.  The second half focused on the actual presentation itself.  Before he began he pulled out a cake and thanked us for sticking around so far.  He then offered us all cake, slicing Shad a piece nicely and putting it on a plate, he then walked over to Umi and offered him some.  When Umi accepted Dr. Bingham stuck his hand in the cake and slopped some onto the table in front of Umi.  Everyone was pretty surprised.  Then he asked what the difference on how he served them both was...presentation.  After the desk was cleaned up we all enjoyed some cake and heard a wonderful presentation.

Shad and Umi with their respective pieces of cake.