Hey, glad they got out there -- sorry I couldn't get together with you/them, but my last month or so has been weird.
You might keep an eye on IMEX http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/imex/toc.html which tries to match up surplus industrial stuff with possible users -- I just took a peek and found a couple of possibilities... A0903825 - CARDBOARD TUBES Available in Richland, WA : 850 heavy-duty cardboard tubes for mailing. In perfect condition; in original boxes of 25; 4" x 25". Also have 1700 plastic caps (2 per tube). Transportation negotiable within Pacific Northwest area. CONTACT: Kenneth Requard, Badger Mountain Studio Phone:(509)627-0810 E-Mail: aqua...@owt.com A0906960 - PAPER CORE TUBES Available in Everett, WA : 36" and 38 1/2" long, 12" diameter roll paper cores; 10mm wall thickness. Good for concrete forms if you don't need to strip, cat perches, art projects, etc. No charge if you haul. Recurs at 50 per month. CONTACT: Gary McClintock, Specialty Manufacturing Phone:425-407-1475 Fax:425-407-1488 E-Mail: g...@specialtypulltabs.com I've also had my eye on tins -- you can often find candy tins with a tight fitting lid for .50 at thrift stores, which (lined with black paper and with a hole punched in them) would make a dandy camera -- and several companies (starbucks, republic of tea, etc) sell tea/coffee in small, tall tins that would be perfect for a sheet of 4x5 paper, if you could find a busy store or 3, maybe they'd save them for you... -- Philip --- "Moodie, Jason" <mood...@bsd405.org> wrote: > I am the coordinator of the Bellevue Art Museum Fair > Kidsfair in Bellevue WA. This fair is a long time > tradition and is always well represented by the > photographic world (some pinhole, not as much as I > would like). I would like to include in the kids > area a camera obscura (pinhole) area. The cameras > would be built by kids of all ages, so they need to > be as basic as possible. I can't eat enough oatmeal > to furnish them all with oatmeal cans and can only > gather so many toilet paper rolls. Last year we > serviced about 300 kids. Does anyone have any > ideas? It needs to be cheap, easy and fairly quick > (15-30 minutes. I have volunteers to start some of > the projects if need be.) > > p.s. I had 65 students outside on WWPD this year > using the cameras they built in class the week > before. The paper negatives turned out great and > the kids really learned a lot about light and > photography. > > Jason Moodie > Sammamish High School Visual Arts Department > 100 140th Ave SE Bellevue WA 98005 > (425)456-7659 > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
