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    <loc>https://www.michaelspilsbury.com/bedside-tables-process</loc>
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      <image:caption>raw walnut butcher block from Perfect Plank in California.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>raw walnut butcher block from Perfect Plank in California.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BEDSIDE TABLES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>this 57° cut (chosen for aesthetic reasons) was beyond the normal range of the miter saw and would come back to haunt me in unforeseen ways.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BEDSIDE TABLES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>backside of one of the tables: rotary dimmer for incandescent bulb, PWM dimmer for LEDs, 12V DC transformer. custom shaft extensions had to be made for the dimmers in order to pass through the wood fully.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>close up of 12V DC transformer and PWM dimmer for LEDs.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BEDSIDE TABLES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>all done. see gallery for more photos. see process page for construction details of other projects.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BEDSIDE TABLES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>bonus shot: using the same plank of butcher block i also built a desk cut to fit the corner of this room.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.michaelspilsbury.com/craft</loc>
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    <lastmod>2020-04-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>GALLERY</image:title>
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      <image:title>GALLERY</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.michaelspilsbury.com/desk-shelves-process</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>a quick attempt in sketchup to get a sense of what the hell this design might actually feel like.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>a quick attempt in sketchup to get a sense of what the hell this design might actually feel like.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>hand router and custom jigs used to create slots for LED lights in undersides of shelves.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>all four shelves cut, sanded, and routed. after all this work it felt like the end was pretty near and the project could be done in a week or so. nope. turns out that was wildly optimistic.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>thanks to my friend Gwylim Johnstone for doing the welding on the stand.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>shelves shown after routing the edges with a rabbet bit.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>a quick attempt in sketchup to get a sense of what the hell this design might actually feel like.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>hand router and custom jigs used to create slots for LED lights in undersides of shelves.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>potentiometer from a PWM dimmer installed to control the brightness of the LEDs.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>bracket to hold the potentiometer in place. later I would discover that this bracket had broken one of the potentiometer’s soldered connections, but not before finishing (and having to undo) half of the rest of the wiring.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>four coats of treating the walnut with mineral spirits and tung oil.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>DESK SHELVES PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>all done. see gallery for more photos. see process page for construction details of other projects.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.michaelspilsbury.com/cutting-boards-process</loc>
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    <lastmod>2020-01-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>first i jointed and cut the walnut and mahogany into segments with a cross section of 1” tall by 7/8” wide. then i glued the lengths together to create three striped boards. next i planed down the extra 1/8” so the resulting boards (shown in the photo) were flat, perfectly flush, with segments that had square cross sections.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>first i jointed and cut the walnut and mahogany into segments with a cross section of 1” tall by 7/8” wide. then i glued the lengths together to create three striped boards. next i planed down the extra 1/8” so the resulting boards (shown in the photo) were flat, perfectly flush, with segments that had square cross sections.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1545391442049-5N8VJ6HXPO9Z5WBUPFPM/DSC00796.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>it wasn’t immediately obvious which bevel/miter angles would produce the symmetrical diamond cross section i was going for, and my attempts at 3D trigonometry were only partially successful (plus resulted in some serious brain-hurt).</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1545391417715-AMWR2E6GW3OAYW1B3P4B/DSC00794.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>based on my initial 3D trigonometry i expected the miter and bevel angles to be the same. nope. luckily i started with test cuts. when i tried both angles at 35.3° i was left with distinctly lopsided diamonds, making it pretty clear I’d done something wrong.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1545391440294-9FB9F6LE5UUYO7IUHL0V/DSC00795.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>after consulting the friendly people of the internet (and doing some more test cuts) I discovered that the miter/bevel angles I needed were the same as those required to cut ceiling-wall crown moulding: 35.3° miter and 30° bevel.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1545391456204-BL0ZITDGF4827H3MWNNL/DSC00801.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>arranged the pieces for a first glance at what the final cutting boards might look like. this was a nice moment.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1545391458954-4Z3O10AWCT65HFYKEKWW/DSC00826.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>glueing these cutting boards together was an unexpected nightmare. i tried a few different ways, none of them free from frustration. this method of glueing two at a time offered more control, though in the end was an unnecessary intermediary step.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1545391475559-C8CH2QU0UOSH8I2GTU8A/DSC00833.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>this method of building a custom jig to glue pieces together was somewhat better. but the sides being glued were at an angle, which meant they kept popping out of place when clamped together.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>a veritable jungle of clamps.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1545391494221-WQ70MM1XZ11JNO7F8C9E/DSC00859.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>after being trimmed, jointed, and planed, it’s easy to see just how much material is lost by making the boards this way.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>four out of six boards trimmed, jointed, and planed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>creating perfect alignment of the diamonds wasn’t 100% successful. some of the boards ended up better than others. the problems were mostly due (I think) to how much the pieces rotated and slid when being clamped and glued.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>edges routed. surfaces sanded.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>nearing the end.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CUTTING BOARDS PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>all done. see gallery for more photos. see process page for construction details of other projects.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.michaelspilsbury.com/face-race-process</loc>
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    <lastmod>2020-01-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>arcade booth gutted and fitted with 40” flat screen.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>arcade booth gutted and fitted with 40” flat screen.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>beginning the fit out with custom cut pine paneling.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>dennis doing the first game tests on the booth.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>glueing the control box that will house the game’s button and joystick.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>wiring the button and joystick inside the control box.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>control box almost finished and ready to install.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>installing the laser engraved sign from NYC Laser Cut.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>testing the lights for the first time.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>FACE RACE PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>all done. see gallery for more photos. see process page for construction details of other projects.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.michaelspilsbury.com/overview-process</loc>
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    <lastmod>2020-04-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>OVERVIEW PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>DESK SHELVES &gt; construction details &lt; &gt; photo gallery &lt;</image:caption>
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      <image:title>OVERVIEW PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>DESK SHELVES &gt; construction details &lt; &gt; photo gallery &lt;</image:caption>
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      <image:title>OVERVIEW PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>BEDSIDE TABLES &gt; construction details &lt; &gt; photo gallery &lt;</image:caption>
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      <image:title>OVERVIEW PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>FACE RACE ARCADE BOOTH &gt; construction details &lt; &gt; photo gallery &lt; &gt; watch the video &lt;</image:caption>
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      <image:title>OVERVIEW PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>CUTTING BOARDS &gt; construction details &lt; &gt; photo gallery &lt;</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>COLLATZ FEATHER &gt; construction details &lt; &gt; photo gallery &lt;</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>PLANT WALL &gt; construction details &lt; &gt; photo gallery &lt;</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>a quick explanation of the collatz conjecture. first, take any positive number (integer) and apply this rule: - if it’s odd: multiply by 3, then add 1 (e.g. 5 becomes 16) - if it’s even: divide by 2 (e.g 16 becomes 8) then apply the rule again to your new number. then again. and again… the collatz conjecture says that if you continue applying this rule you’ll always eventually get to the number 1. this, however, has never been proven, although no number has ever been found to disprove the conjecture. we can visualize the sequence of numbers with a directed graph like this one to the left. by working backwards from the number 1 we can determine all the possible paths that lead to 1.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>a quick explanation of the collatz conjecture. first, take any positive number (integer) and apply this rule: - if it’s odd: multiply by 3, then add 1 (e.g. 5 becomes 16) - if it’s even: divide by 2 (e.g 16 becomes 8) then apply the rule again to your new number. then again. and again… the collatz conjecture says that if you continue applying this rule you’ll always eventually get to the number 1. this, however, has never been proven, although no number has ever been found to disprove the conjecture. we can visualize the sequence of numbers with a directed graph like this one to the left. by working backwards from the number 1 we can determine all the possible paths that lead to 1.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>i first discovered the collatz conjecture in this math themed coloring book. it’s pretty simple. take any positive integer and apply this rule: - if odd: multiply by 3, then add 1 (e.g. 5 becomes 16) - if even: divide by 2 (e.g 16 becomes 8) the collatz conjecture says that if you continue applying this rule you’ll always eventually get to the number 1. this, however, has never been proven, although no number has ever been found to disprove the conjecture.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1579201504337-P9RCTS18085TH7DSAFDN/01.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>i first discovered the Collatz conjecture in this math themed coloring book. it’s pretty simple. take any positive integer and apply this rule: - if odd: multiply by 3, then add 1 (e.g. 5 becomes 16) - if even: divide by 2 (e.g 16 becomes 8) the Collatz conjecture says that if you continue applying this rule you’ll always eventually get to the number 1. this, however, has never been proven, although no number has ever been found to disprove the conjecture.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1579208405384-T9G407JG760ZVA3SHG20/03.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>by creating directed graphs of 10,000+ numbers and applying certain visualization rules, the results can be pretty stunning. in this example (from the math themed coloring book where i first learned about the collatz conjecture) each sequence of numbers leading to 1 bends slightly left if it’s coming from from an odd number (n*3 + 1) or bends right if it’s coming from an even number (n/2). i was immediately struck by how such a simple, rigid rule could create something that looked so organic and chaotic.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1579650695286-HJHACO5YWZTKIVJECSX3/04.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>on stack exchange and reddit i discovered code that others had written to visualize the collatz conjecture. i modified it in mathematica to achieve the look i was going for.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>i ran into difficulty exporting high-res images from mathematica that didn’t render with these little blocks. i messaged Patrick Scheibe (@halirutan) and he generously helped me update the code, as well as suggested i export a black svg and then colorize in illustrator.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>the black svg file exported from mathematica.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>by grouping paths together in illustrator and applying a ‘within stroke’ gradient to the lines, i was able to get an attractive look that didn’t crash my computer.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bf0b988d274cba684b04e74/1579201513370-4D7BQK57A664VZW0H0W6/08.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>i had echod graphics print the resulting image on white acrylic.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>i covered the back with white vinyl to make the acrylic less transparent and then attached a wood frame with vhb tape.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>all done. see gallery for more photos. see process page for construction details of other projects.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>COLLATZ FEATHER PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>bonus: the collatz conjecture appears to have a lot of love in the world of math nerds (xkcd even wrote a comic about it). these are a few other visualizations. links (clockwise from top left): #1 // #2 // #3 // #4</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2020-04-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>the back of the frame that will hold the plant pouches.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>the back of the frame that will hold the plant pouches.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>the frame will be secured to the wall with a simple french cleat.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>a preview of the walnut sides that will border the plant wall.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>beginning to attach the plant pouches to the frame. in an attempt to prevent water from ruining the frame (or the wall of my apartment) i laid plastic sheeting behind the pouches and put silicone caulk around each screw that went into the frame.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>pouches complete. plastic sheet trimmed and stapled. staples covered with silicone caulk.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>let’s hope the plastic sheet is enough to keep water off the frame.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>level and flush against the wall.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>these plant babies are ready to move into their new home.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>plants halfway done. the floor was covered with dirt by the end.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>a custom-fitted acrylic box catches runoff when watering the plants.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PLANT WALL PROCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>all done. see gallery for more photos. see process page for construction details of other projects.</image:caption>
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