I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!

I started the process of creating my second assemblage with a few main concepts and objects. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, specifically the claw-foot bathtub, and use small glass bottles to create a medicine cabinet look.

My first step was to take old family negatives of photographs taken in my childhood bathtub to the darkroom. Unfortunately the negatives were so thin that I couldn’t get the look I was trying to achieve. It was a little disappointing and I decided I probably wouldn’t use those prints in the box. Then, I set up a camera and tripod in my current bathroom and chose to do self-portraits using long exposures and sandwiched negatives. I ended up taking two baths (the first one got so cold!) and two separate rolls of film to get the shots I wanted. Then I spent 6 long hours at the darkroom processing and printing but was pleasantly surprised that they turned out exactly how I wanted them to with a Francesca-Woodman-like creepy factor. I drew some of my inspiration from her photo entitled Bath from 1980 (shown below). 

I found the box I used at an antique store and ordered bottles to fit into it on Amazon.com. I then brainstormed a list of 24 things that I could fill these tiny bottles with that would tell a bathroom story from my childhood or represent a nostalgic memory. For example, one bottle holds three of my baby teeth, nostalgic for obvious reasons. Another is filled with children’s chewable Tylenol that I once ate a whole bottle of (because they were yummy, and perhaps also a little bit for the attention) as a child and almost had to get my stomach pumped. Once I had filled all of the bottles I spent at least an hour arranging and rearranging the bottles to get the balance and composition just right.

I also used an antique curling iron to create an old-timey look while also commenting on the bathroom as a place for female beautification. I know that as an adult, much of my relationship with my bathroom consists of doing my hair and makeup. I curled the piece of hair that is displayed in the box using the old curling iron and it amazes me that a woman would ever go to such great lengths to curl her hair. That’s some crazy business.

I want this box to serve as an intricate portrait of the small, but important domestic space we call the bathroom and my personal experience with it.

*I will be adding a separate page to my site with a statement and photos of box #2 after our next critique!