Dilemmas!

July 11, 2016

Surprise! Surprise! My new refurbished refurbished Epson R3000 arrived early. Astonished, I was able to unpack the printer, set it up, and print. Oh my God! Epson is finally getting it together—hopefully they have. This R3000 is working well at the moment. Touch wood! It has only been a few hours!

I printed my manhole covers sheet after sheet. The printer is not noisy and spits out printed sheets with no blotches of ink! I’m back in business!

I haven’t given up printing my own artists’ books; but still thinking of a printing service in the future, will see what this refurbished printer brings.

I printed 30 sheets of manhole covers in one day with no problem. Alléluia!!

I leave the printed sheets twenty four hours to settle and dry before phase six of the project. This step entails die-cutting the printed manhole covers and collating them.

Throughout my project, and time passing, I’ve had to go with the flow on how to cut, print and present City Shields.

For the first time in sixteen years I’m running short of my packaging of choice for City Shields. My dilemma is finding Iomega Disk Jewel Cases. They are no longer manufactured. If you know of a place I can buy jewel cases for Zip disks, please let me know.

I had ordered thousands of Iomega jewel cases back in 2000 when they were popular for the original seven volumes of City Shields. The first volumes included a volume of Scotland; three volumes of Ottawa, one volume of Toronto, Ontario; and three volumes of Hull, Québec. Doculink International printed the original volumes and were die-cut by Capitol Box in Ottawa, Ontario.

In 2006, with new camera and new printer, I printed the volumes of the series myself with an Epson 2200. Capitol Box created a cutting jig to cut one manhole cover at a time. Unable to create the correct assembly to use the jig, it caused the paper to tear every time. I bought a Fiskars Circle Cutter from Michaels Arts and Crafts Store. This tool is super easy to use, it only cost $19.99 and works well. The clear plastic base makes alignment easy with no guessing games. Where do you find your tools?

This year, I needed to replace a discontinued Aspen paper for the insert. I chose an Inkpress Plus paper. I can still order the Generations G-Chrome Lustre paper to print the manhole covers. How do you cope with discontinued favorite papers? Do you enjoy trying lots of papers? Maybe you print on different paper for your projects and the brand doesn’t matter.

My goal was to collect manhole covers from each Canadian province and the 50 states in the US. Changes and finances are making it impossible to achieve! My project is at its end!

Printing and Hiking

July 3, 2016

Spit and spitting more ink! I tried to ignore the problem since the ink was only touching the sides of the sheets I was printing. How many more sheets can I print? Five to be exact.

The next print had gobs of ink right in the middle of a manhole cover image. This problem is not going away! Printing is always stressful.

My Epson R3000 is a refurbished printer replacing the first R3000 that died over a year ago. I rubbed my worry stones together, gathered my nerves and called Epson AGAIN!

My printer situation is an ink cartridge gone bad or a print head problem, I was told. 350 dollars of my hard earned bucks is needed to revive this printer. “No way will I spend another cent on this one!” was my answer to Epson. Miracles of miracles, Epson felt my pain and will replace my refurbished R3000 with another refurbished R3000. If it lasts a year, great! Optimistic I will stay. Hopeful the printer won’t fall on its head in shipping? I might go with a print service in the future to publish my artists’ books. The thought of getting another Epson lemon, aye! &@!$#!!

Do you resort to a printing service or do you want control over your prints? My preference is being in charge of my own prints. No need to go back and forth to review prints. You can choose your paper of choice and not depend on the current inventory. No need to email inadvertently forgotten fonts. You can stay in the comfort of your studio and print to your heart’s content. Are the frustrations of the newer printers worth that comfort? What are your thoughts?

My production has stopped, waiting for said printer. I’m thinking of using my Epson Stylus Pro 2200 while I wait.

To quiet the mind, we hiked the foothills. Time has circled back in Avimor, it’s grasshopper season. Hundreds of Differential Grasshoppers jump in and out of the tall grass on both sides of the narrow Baun’s Eye Trail. It was amazing to see how high they jumped. Topaz annoyed by the sight focused on the thin path.

Taking a photo or video of a grasshopper with 999... other Attention Deficit Disorder grasshoppers is difficult. I took this picture of one who had the nerves to stop and stare at us. Then it jumped in my face! What a surprise!

At the summit we paused for the view, then watching the sunset we made our descent carrying Topaz who could no longer stand the grasshoppers.

During a conversation on my project City Shields, an associate suggested biking as a way to cover a lot of ground for photographing the covers. Handles, peddles, brakes, camera and dog I don’t know! Flyboard seems like a lot of fun, same problem though and I can’t carry my pooch. And again, few manhole covers on water.

I might as well stick to walking the streets or driving around town. Next weekend if you see me on the streets of Boise with camera in hand and my head down, I'm taking photographs of manhole covers, please say hello.

What do your city's manhole covers look like?

Printing Session

June 26, 2016

I received my ink, I replaced the old cartridges and I’m ready to print again.

Printing is a long process, there’s lots of waiting. Wait, add a new sheet, check the print settings, send the print job and wait...

This stretch gives me time to reminisce on trips and places I’ve visited to create the volumes of City Shields. Many memories float in my mind of scenes experienced throughout the Incessant Journey.

© 2010 Louise Levergneux, crossing the Utah, Nevada border on Friday, May 13

© 2011 Louise Levergneux, walking on West San Francisco Street in Santa-Fe in the early morning — © 2011 Louise Levergneux, walking on West San Francisco Street in Santa-Fe in the early morning

© 2013 Louise Levergneux, searching for manhole covers on Woolman Street in Butte, Montana — © 2013 Louise Levergneux, searching for manhole covers on Woolman Street in Butte, Montana

Sheet after sheet, printing is going well. With patience, I sit and search the Internet to view kinetic sculptures. I stop on a sculpture by Varol Topaç’s which amuses me.

I enjoy viewing kinetic sculptures on YouTube, it keeps me calm. I also find it a good time to keep current on the discipline. If I pursue other activities while printing many sheets…yes, multitasking!... I lose track of where I am, confusion sets in, the printer stops and I don’t realise it. These videos help me to stay focused and I can concentrate on the next print. A little icon jumps back and forth on the right side of the screen when the printer is not functioning properly. You’ve seen it! It’s not always good news!

The latest fascinating installation at Changi Airport, Singapore, was conceived by Art+Com, a German design firm. This kinetic sculpture led by Jussi Angesleva, a German-based Finnish artist, helps me to unwind while I wait. Does it works for you?

As we travel the world, we are often fascinated and often find a new muse to work within our imagination. As we discover new cities, we are mindful to what differs from back home. Many photographers and artists stumble on the manhole cover as a new interest.

Artist Lucinda Ziesing found a magnificent cast iron manhole cover inscribed with Telefonica Espana lying on a Barcelona sidewalk. Lucinda, awed by its presence and industrial design, is drawn to record its surface.

Since her trip to Barcelona in 2006, Lucinda has made rubbings wherever she travels. As artists we both have these portals to the underground in common, “It’s a way to connect to places”, she says.

I begin by making a rubbing of a utilitarian surface on a sheet of mylar with a litho crayon. Then in my studio, I add oil paint, sand, and repaint until the work is done. I noticed mandalas and labyrinth designs in the utility covers in Italy, which evolved into paintings and catch the stillness in the streets.

Lucinda’s Public Works were exhibited at 10 High Street Gallery in Camden, Maine. These paintings tell a story of portholes right under our feet.

© 2016 Lucinda Ziesing, Lucinda, unknowingly the collage of a New Orleans water meter rubbing and a rubbing from the floor in Pompeii painting have a curious connection. The date of the Vesuvius and Katrina natural disasters is August 24th. No accid… — © 2016 Lucinda Ziesing, Lucinda, unknowingly the collage of a New Orleans water meter rubbing and a rubbing from the floor in Pompeii painting have a curious connection. The date of the Vesuvius and Katrina natural disasters is August 24th. No accidents, Right?

Shit, my printer is spitting black ink, got to go!!@!?

The Hunt for Manhole Covers

June 19, 2016

WOW! another week flew by, a repetitive occurrence nowadays. The hours come and go without warning. Busy is good; but life is fleeting. Did you carry out what you intended to do this week?

I went hunting for more manhole covers in the town of Emmett, northwest of Boise on Wednesday. A quaint region at an elevation of 2,362 feet (720 m) above sea level and below Freezeout Hill—a steep terrain overlooking Emmett. Following the winding road constructed in 1919, we noticed a welcome sign to Gem County. The only gems we saw were dark red, soft and round, juicy and sweet. Cherry Festival!

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, descending Freezeout Hill

We drove around the streets till we came upon a manhole cover that might be the oldest manhole cover in Emmett. Most are run-of-the-mill, I call them ersatz. The hunt is part of the experience and we had a lovely afternoon.

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, manhole cover at N McKinley Ave & E Main St, Emmett

On our way back home passing trough Meridian, we found two manhole covers with stunning designs.

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, manhole covers designed for The Village Mall in Meridian

Friends viewing the volumes of City Shields often ask questions about the designs of the manhole covers and the reason for so many? Where or how I find the covers? A manhole is used for many types of utilities: cable, sewer, telephone, sanitation... So each design of the covers differentiates the use of the manhole. I find the covers wherever my life brings me. They are part of the city I live in or visit; and I’m obsessed with finding the most striking designs. I’m interested in bringing these entryways to the world beneath our feet to the forefront of city dwellers as art. At this point as an artist, I am more interested in the visual designs of the covers.

I had to stop my printing process till the delivery of more ink cartridges. Two printers are expensive to keep. Now, I buy separate ink cartridges when needed. My delivery arrived today, now I have no excuses.

Except, I’m entertaining another excuse, I would like to photograph and document my book Finding Home in ample detail. Finding Home is part of the Wanderlust exhibition at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland. Laura Russell, the owner, sold two copies last week. What wonderful news!

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, artists' book Finding Home

I took numerous photographs before mailing my last copy to 23 Sandy Gallery. The number of an edition is tricky. Will every copy sell or will my closet of inventory get bigger? I remember contemplating on the question and thought I may need to create one-of-a-kind books soon if my studio gets smaller and smaller. Well, I was wrong and should have made a bigger edition according to Laura.

It’s a crap·shoot!! Publishing and editions are an uncertain matter.

Download, copy, Photoshop, prepare, templates, print—it’s all waiting for me to publish more volumes.

City Shields, Phase Four

June 12, 2016

Sometime during the week I lost a day. Today is Sunday, and I still have not finished the tasks at hand for City Shields.

I’m entering my detail work phase before printing. I find it necessary to pay attention to details—titles and text—to avoid mistakes. Je dois mettre les points sur les I et les barres sur les t, (I’m required to dot my i’s and cross my t’s).

Since I’m doing the volumes as an assembly line, it's a long process. Did I say boring, noooooo! Not at all, my obsessive-compulsive disorder is in full force and I don’t mind repetitive tasks. According to my key job list, I’m at phase 4, this is where I verify every individual elements of my templates.

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, transcribing addresses and intersections from the original file names of my photos in Bridge to a template in InDesign.

Details, details... I felt I needed to clear my mind to better focus. I took two days to clean my studio or should I say purge it of unwanted documentation—paper, paper... Who needs to continue carrying that stuff around! Last year I decided going digital was best, but the job never got finished with the move and other artists’ books in progress.

By scanning and copying the original paperwork to DVD. I created a stack of paper, this stack will be very useful for glueing books and boxes. Binders know what I mean.

I took an hour to review my inventory of Aspen, Inkpress and Generations G-Chrome papers for the completion of two copies of 18 volumes, maybe more. The list grows as I work! A copy for me which will be part of the installation. The second copy is for the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives / Bibliothèque et Archives du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Peter Trepanier my contact, an avid collector of City Shields will be purchasing a copy of these volumes for the library. I will need to communicate with the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal, Québec, in case they want to keep their collection of City Shields complete.

I resume my detail work... To assure myself that the metadata transcribed is correct, I take the time to check the addresses and intersections from my journal in Google Maps. Street signs don't always indicate the cardinal directions, I love details!

© Google Maps, according to my journal we should have been on 2nd Ave N, it was necessary to determine which cardinal direction was the proper one for the location of a manhole cover — © Google Maps, according to my journal we should have been on 2nd Ave N, it was necessary to determine which cardinal direction was the proper one for the location of a manhole cover

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, detail of my journal with corrections indicated with red circles

This task brings me back to the location in question. The city, the heat of the day, the rain, an elaborate design, a city named manhole cover, the surprise, the hooray! moment even the make my day moment...

After googling an intersection, I had to check for the location of an exact manhole cover I had photographed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The address information in my journal was incomplete, yet again, those cardinal directions! I needed to find the exact location of this manhole cover. Was it a North or South street, East or West avenue?

© Google Maps, on September 6th, 2013 at 7:36am I was standing at the corner of E St Paul Ave and N Broadway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I found the manhole cover as I browsed in street view in Google Maps. It's circled below in red.

As I navigated my mouse around and around the intersection in Google Maps, I noticed a new manhole cover. How could I have missed this cover while standing at the corner of N Broadway and E St Paul Ave? I searched on the internet till I found the manhole cover designed by Melanie Ariens, an environmental artist in 2015.

© Google Maps, the new manhole cover references a cleaner environment

Another visit to Milwaukee is in order!

I spent last Wednesday afternoon driving around Nampa, Idaho, eager to find an exciting manhole cover. I found a couple with the name of the city. That’s good, but I didn’t go wahoo!

While I continue my hunt, I receive manhole cover photos from different people interested in my project. Cathryn Miller sent these manhole covers taken in White Rock, BC.

Cathryn made use of the manhole covers in her book no skateboarding. This artists’ book is a book, a puzzle, a box, a photographic essay regarding surfaces. Text takes second place to visual images in no skateboarding as with City Shields. The visual takes precedent in the context of both artists’ books.

© 2005, Cathryn Miller, no skateboarding

Many people are interested in manhole covers and lots of articles have been written on these items. My searches bring me to the conclusion that the manhole cover has made a name for itself by getting cities and artists working together.

I think I’m procrastinating the printing phase! Phase 5. I have to get past the impatience and get it done! Make it so number one!!

City Shields

June 5, 2016

I have been working on publishing 16 new volumes of City Shields that have been sitting on my desktop for too long. These volumes will be part of my residency and installation next March, 2017 at MING Studios. Many of these photographs were taken in 2012, when I travelled cross-country from my hometown in Canada back home to Utah.

In a day, I can prepare the photos of 2 volumes, bring them in different templates and copy and paste the information necessary for the index. So it should take me 8 to 10 days to complete the second phase. Printing will be next. I hate the printing phase, dealing with my printer these days demands too much patience to make it fun. I’m always happy to see the results when no problems arise from a finicky printer.

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, working in photoshop and InDesign with photo files and templates

From the start of this project, I kept in perspective the autobiographical theme of my artwork. It was important to trace my journey through life, where I was going, and where I travelled. Hence the insert included in the jewel case of each volume with an index showing the location of each manhole cover—plaque d’égout—photo is taken.

© 2016 Louise Levergneux, inside an insert of a Montréal, Québec volume

When a volume is purchased, the reader can walk or drive to the first manhole cover on the index and continue her/his travel following in my footsteps.

To keep this information, my husband, Michael has been the data record keeper since the beginning of City Shields. While I take photos in sometimes less desirable places—middle of a boulevard on a green light. Michael takes notes that will make it easy for me to copy the address or intersection where each manhole cover is located.

© 2006 Louise Levergneux, Michael writing data in Québec City

When I first started my project, cameras did not display date and time information. So I put together a booklet with numbers to keep track of the photos and their information written in the data journal.

The data journal is used to create the index for each volume. This little book can never be lost!! It caries precious details of the covers even drawings describing a particular manhole cover. I sometimes forget my booklet with numbers at home. This creates a big di·lem·ma! Sticky Notes are handy on these occasions, but often fly in the wind. They don’t stick to the pavement.

© 2013 Louise Levergneux, in Bozeman, Montana at W Grant St and S 7th Ave without my trusty book of numbers. — © 2013 Louise Levergneux, in Bozeman, Montana at W Grant St and S 7th Ave without my trusty book of numbers.

I have in the past returned to the scene of the crime to realize that an older cover was removed and paved over. Why? What's under a manhole cover? What happens to the vault/chamber under the cover? Is it filled in or just rendered obsolete?

Visit down a typical manhole in this video.

Older underground utility vaults/openings used to house access points for inspections, valve adjustments or performing maintenance may be removed because of newer technology. Since the 90's, there's been a big overhaul job on older water and sewage systems which were collapsing. As technology evolves and becomes part of every facet of our lives, the city replaces old manhole covers with more striking design covers.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held an “Art Underfoot” design competition back in 2004.

The elaborate designs are created by artists with a point of view on their environment. “Ironclad Art Challenge” was the newest competition in Vancouver.

Richmond, British Columbia, followed suit with Mayor Malcolm Brodie unveiling the winning manhole cover design last April at Richmond City Hall. The Cover Stories manhole cover art contest brought in 150 entries in 2014.

Last November, the City of Calgary launched a call to artists seeking professional artists to develop designs for new manhole covers as part of the manhole cover lifecycle replacement.

Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, Calgary, London, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Kyoto have also turned streets into public art sites by the embellishment of manhole covers.

As I write this post, my obsession increases. My ambition is to travel and capture these wonderful manhole covers designed by artists.

I need to get back to work and start the next phase as planned.

Manhole Covers

May 30, 2016

Last sunday was a fun two hour drive and walk in the refreshing warm weather of Idaho. Photographing manhole covers of the City of Eagle is the start of my residency for MING Studios.

When one starts a project, one must define the information and materials needed to create the final product. In the last 16 years, I have developed a method of organizing the creation and publishing of every phase of the volumes.

If you are wondering how this project is created, the next few posts will uncover the tools used to create each volume of City Shields.

It all starts with camera in hand. Back in 99’, I built a large collection of manhole covers with a Sony Mavica digital camera. I continued photographing the entryways to the world beneath our feet.

My next camera to continue my obsession was a Nikon CP-950, then a Nikon Coolpix 5900. In 2008, I acquired my fourth digital camera, a Canon Power Shot A710. I decided in 2012 to try my hand at a D-SLR and purchased a Sony Alpha 33. It was time to grow-up and get serious in photography. The Sony Alpha is the in·fa·mous camera I wrote about in my first few blog posts at the beginning of the year.

from left to right: Nikon CP-950, Sony Mavica, Nikon Coolpix 5900, Canon Power Shot A710 and the Sony Alpha 33  D-SLR — from left to right: Nikon CP-950, Sony Mavica, Nikon Coolpix 5900, Canon Power Shot A710 and the Sony Alpha 33 D-SLR

When weather permits, hiking the streets can be a long day. Manhole covers can be few and far between, depending on the city--few photographs taken and lots of walking is done. After a year of walking/hiking, in 2000, my husband, Michael, and I decided to speed up the process and cruise the streets with scooters. That didn’t last long! It was fun but, hey! The hills were killers!

We still walk the pavement and drive around when we have too much area to cover in a short period of time. Topaz, our little Sheltie, has accompanied us since 2002 and often her shadow can be seen in a photograph of a manhole cover.

I take photographs of our presence during these walks for future reference. I can’t help myself!

© 2010 Louise Levergneux, manhole cover on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah

© 2012 Louise Levergneux, manhole cover in Albequerque, New Mexico, year of the tricentennial.

Oops! This isn’t a manhole cover but we're here standing on Historic Route 66!

© 2010 Louise Levergneux, in Santa-Rosa, NewMexico on Historic Route 66.

The major dilemma of this ongoing project is the forever changing technology. I try to keep a similar look to the original seven volumes, but differences are clear since digital cameras and printers continue to evolve.

With that said, I am running out of plastic Iomega Zip Disk jewel cases used for my slick presentation of each volume. Does anyone know where I can buy more? I know they are no longer manufactured; but a few must be hanging around somewhere.

Let’s continue next week with other tools used to publish the volumes of City Shields.

Art Is Visionary

May 22, 2016

I keep myself occupied by planning the phases of my residency for City Shields, The Incessant Journey. Publishing of other artists’ books will be on hold till I can get my planning and life together. This needs to happen before I leave for my annual trip back home to Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada in August.

Here is the invitation for the show at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland entitled Wanderlust. This show will be exciting, I have already seen the catalogue and it looks great. Laura says—It’s going to be a fun one! I'm glad to be part of it.

In between everything, I write and meet artists and photographers in my new environment. I needed a break from my activities, so I joined a group to listen to a panel discussion on letterpress. This is the first time in my art career I hear the term COMMAND P referred to as a bad word!

What!

After the third time, I couldn’t keep my cool. Argh!

It’s sad and conservative to use a medium in a “pure” method when it hinders discovery. If purity is what you choose that’s fine. An artist should be able to express themselves with the medium that suits them best.

I found my preferred medium with the release of the Macintosh computer in 1984. It intrigued me. I was teaching in the Graphic Arts department when the computer appeared in our classrooms. I established that the foundational classes were important for the students to be successful in creating their designs with software. The Mac became my tool of expression and its mouse became my brush, pencil, palette… it involves a different method of delivery, that's all.

In 1999, I visited La Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec in Montréal to introduce my first artists’ book My Memories Of My Memories to the library. My Memories Of My Memories is inkjet printed. I found it progressive of Sylvie Alix, the contact person at the time, to accept books published by a petite presse—small press, c’est a dire computer generated books. It’s a new era!

I have been communicating with Ann-Marie Cunningham. Her education was like mine and encouraged progressive and innovative means towards producing quality from earlier methods with sensitivity to time and efficiency. Ann-Marie holds the utmost respect and regard for foundational letterpress bookarts. Curiosity and feasibility has been instrumental in her pursuing digital books using an Epson 9900, Epson 1400, and the Hewlett Packard Deskjet 3510 printer. Digital printers allow printing on thicker materials such as metal, plexiglass/lexan 1/16 inches (1.58mm) and wood veneers such as birch, 1/32 inches (.39mm). Advances in technology enable exploring printing on acetates, vellums and Tyvek.

Using these materials present challenges. Colour testing can be expensive. Monitoring ink levels many times to eliminate colour fluctuations can be frustrating and the drying time on plexi is long. The most expensive problem that may arise would be to compromise an ink jet head.

In touching upon typesetting considerations as the 'purer' forms of bookmaking I understand the premise, but find the ‘slight of hand’ combined with the mechanization in digital printing just as intuitive, captivating and impressionable.

Having experienced printing on the Vandercook SP-15, I enjoy the qualities ‘pressing’ affords and the engagement of the process. I don’t find digital printers a disruptive form in explorations and prospects. Digital programs, sketching, overlaying different techniques and different materials increase the versatility of book forms.

In her book Threshold, the covers are printed with an Epson 9900 and the book pages printed with the Hewlett Packard 3510 printer. Ann-Marie uses the durability of plexiglass to imitate the aspects of a windows reflectiveness and translucency.

Threshold considers the window and door constructs that offer the view into modernity.

Ann-Marie’s Saudade book is a reversible accordion book about the longing that results from changing locations and significantly remixing essential memories. Using a textured, lustred Tyvek offers the difference in tactile experience from each signature printed on a ‘toothy’ Koz-shi white paper with an Epson 1400. Ann-Marie believes the process should be expressed through the book.

© 2016 Ann-Marie Cunningham, Saudade, covers printed with the Epson 9900 — © 2016 Ann-Marie Cunningham, Saudade, covers printed with the Epson 9900

The sample writings of both books are Ann-Marie’s attempt at prose, free verse and poetics.

My vision of the digital book entails subtle expressions of forms. The visual contrasting the written word. Printers afford diffuse and articulate techniques and colorations that respond in synchronizing different aspects with each other, like saturation and hue in balance allowing use of diverse substrates. I also feature the tactile aspects of paging through a book in response to materials that a wider audience may have previous associations with. These digital books are transitional.

I applaud the technology that was innovative in earlier eras and commend the craftsmanship and proficiency of the presses and type development. In my use of science and technology as applied/implied to conveying subject matter through application, I am compelled to explore and acknowledge the new technologies.

Just as there are several manufactured intaglio press types; printers articulate diverse attributes toward certain quality outcomes equally subject to the ‘slight of hand’ and vision of an artist. In a wholesomeness of the art world, art is not exclusionary, art is visionary.

Ann-Marie’s concept of “slight of hand’ incorporates the magician’s ability to distract your attention, while synthesizing the distinctively unique mix of technology.

Wonderful work and philosophy!

Next week, I'm back to manhole covers. Till then happy creativity!

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