It was the turn of the wet darkroom today. there was the remains of a structure jutting out from the wall. so the first job was to box that in, after removing and stabilising the loose plaster on the walls.
This was followed by removing the sink, plaster boarding the wall then refitting the sink.While I was doing this the lady from the studio below me came up for a chat, she saw the sink and looked a bit worried, she explained that she had a lot of rolls of silk stored directly under me so was hoping I wasn't going to have a flood, She is a textile designed and makes couture silk dresses. I had just started to build the stud wall when Eve came for a visit - it is a very friendly mill. She took me up to see her studio on the floor above. She has been in it for two years bit only started shooting commercially in March. Her studio is on the end of the building so has windows down two sides. It is about 5 feet longer than mine as she doesn't have the corridor. It is an incredible space. She has stripped the plaster from three of the walls and re-plastered the fourth. She has removed the ceiling exposing a brick, vaulted structure. The floor is the original huge oak boards that supported the weaving machines which she has stripped and varnished. The best bit though is she has the fire escape - it was great sitting in the sun chatting overlooking the river.
I think I needed the rest because when I got back I had to start plaster boarding the ceiling in the darkroom. Not the easiest job in the world to do on your own! I made a couple of supports and eventually got it done. The rest of the day went pretty well, both darkrooms now have all their walls and most of the internal plater boarding is done so it is ready for Andy to start the electickery tomorrow. Only problem was I was so tired that I forgot to photograph the darkrooms!
With working late I discovered the night time inhabitants, that slightly embarrassing breed - middle aged men dressing like teenagers and rehearsing with bands!
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