A long way to get home from home

Rabbette · Post by **Rabbette** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:24 am

Hi everyone!

Its a nice hot day here in VA 93 where I'm at, and just did a test run with my honey building our Monkey Hut (hopefully putting bunny ears on it for a bunny hut) for BM. First thing we both did when we decided to take on this adventure this year, being first timers an all, is read through the survival guide and have been regular stalkers on the message boards.

As for anything else of weird interest I've been brushing up on my ASL so if there are any Deaf burners out there I'd be happy to sign with you if you don't mind that I'm a bit slow since I've been out of practice for a bit.

I love pinhole photography and make ceramic pinhole cameras. I'm hoping to bring a small one with me to grab some shots on the Playa of the wonderful artwork, sculptures and maybe some people if they let me. I'm very excited to meet and great with the rest of you guys!

Hot and happy in VA,
Rabbette

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:30 am

Welcome home Rabbette!

Rabbette · Post by **Rabbette** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:35 am

Thats priceless - and exactly how my friends mom gave me my name

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:46 am

you could be queen of the billion bunny march....just sayin....

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:45 am

Hi Rabbette

There are deaf burners.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:40 am

Welcome aboard, Rabbette!

There is a group who has been doing pinhole photography on a large scale for years. Last I noticed them, they were around Center Camp. They use large cardboard barrels for cameras.

Perhaps you might check in with Emergency Services when you arrive, in case they ever need a translator? Cell phones can not be expected to work out there, but perhaps they have a pager that would work?

Rabbette · Post by **Rabbette** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:50 am

Thanks Elliot

woah barrels huh... I scaled down my ceramic cameras to nearly match box size - I was nervous about trying to carry something glass all over the place with me to take photos - especially thinking about the winds. I'll have to look and see if they would get a kick out of very small scale pinhole (since I'm driving all the way from VA and space/weight being an issue) I figured small would be the way to go this time around. LOVE the barrel size cardboard ideas tho - I'll have to hunt them down and check'em out.

oh and thanks for the ES tip - I didn't think about the opportunity to be a translator to help out in that kind of situation, but that sounds like a really nice thing I would like to do.

worksofheart · Post by **worksofheart** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:08 pm

A warm welcome, Rabbette!

Must confess that I'm unfamiliar with pinhole photography...but you can be sure I'll be looking into it now!

Rabbette · Post by **Rabbette** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:13 pm

here is a self portrait

Here is a capture of a sculpture at Rothbury festival in MI

and if you want to see the cameras and more pinhole photography you can check that out at my website if you so desire

spotthepot.net