Rare Book School 2009 Day 5 in C'ville

Another amazing day at RBS. Started as usual at our lovely inn with a great breakfast (blueberry pancakes, bacon, etc). A quick stop at Para for coffee and we were back in the room discussing color photo techniques.

We spent the morning discussing and looking at aquatints, chromo-lithos, separation (thank you, Gaylord, for your examples from Farmers). [One color=tinted; two or more color/chromo]. When in doubt about how a technique can possibly be done, remember that it might well just be trolls doing it...

"Bibliography is not for sissies." T. Belanger

"Those who do not read put themselves at the same competitive

disadvantage as those who can not read." M. Twain.

Trivia: TB told us "All the Nat. advocates for pulping of newspapers after "scanning" were *all* ex-CIA." Unclear if this is true, but Terry gave the scouts honor sign...it must therefor be true...

We had our final lab, printing the cuts we've been working on. It worked quite well...I'll be posting images of my output later (proof-positive that I am not an artist...or even a copier...).

Lunch was exceptional. Revolutionary Soup should not be missed by anyone coming to Charlottesville. The lunch was great, nice sandwich and *amazing* Spicy Senegalese Peanut Tofu soup. The best, however, was in the Men's Room (how often do you here than?!?). I've included an image, but it is hard to read. On the wall, next to the sink, it read, "Employees Must Wash Thier Hands Before Returning to Work". However, light pen has crossed out "Employees" and written "Petit Bourgeois Labor" above. This, in turn, has been corrected, "Lumpen Proletariat, actually" to the side. Very nice.

Bookseller's night was good fun. Stopped by several shops and met some nice dealers. Did not find anything for us, but some of our group did. Back in for the evening. Resting up for the last day. Very sad that it is almost over...