Today I got a lot of sawdust in my lungs from sanding and sawing wood to make a platform and shelves for my turntables and records. I've been using a Kataba (backless saw) to cut the birch ply to make halved jointsand it turns out you can't use a chisel with ply as it's too hard.
Besides the woodwork, I have been listening to lots of different zero Bpm recordings/tracks in order to get inspiration for a 'sonic reaction' I am to make for a friend's radio show. Radio aporee has been a constant source of inspiration since a discovered it a few years ago - it has encouraged my fascination with cartography, mappingdata, and field recordings. One user who's work I became interested in today is John Grzinich. He made a recordingof an installation using local ceramic roof tiles ('stresniki' in Slovenian) in Slovenia. The link to his recordings can be found below:
John Grzinich
At work today I learnt two new words:
Efflorescence is a crystalline or powdery deposit of salts often visible on the surface of concrete, brick, stucco, or natural stone surfaces. It occurs when water leaves behind salt deposits on the masonry surface.
Bitumen, also known as asphalt in the United States, is a substance produced through the distillation of crude oil that is known for its waterproofing and adhesive properties.
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