Franklin Sayre
@franklinsayre.bsky.social
Makerspace Librarian & Department Chair at TRU. Focused on hands-on learning, belonging & community. Always up for conversations about learning through doing, critical making, and why your first project should be a gift.
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Just a phenomenal couple days to be a mushroom
October 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Just a phenomenal couple days to be a mushroom
Testing two UV lights, distance, time, etc. very good results but some shadowing. Going to try to hold materials down against fabric first, then raise the two light sources higher so there’s less effect
October 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Testing two UV lights, distance, time, etc. very good results but some shadowing. Going to try to hold materials down against fabric first, then raise the two light sources higher so there’s less effect
Very happy with my cozy sabbatical corner
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Very happy with my cozy sabbatical corner
Back processing plants, switching out paper. Some things dry after 2 weeks, some things still wet to the touch. I see the benefit of cardboard and a lattice of wood over paper and solid wood for absorption and air flow #bagsabbatical #digitalhumanities
October 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Back processing plants, switching out paper. Some things dry after 2 weeks, some things still wet to the touch. I see the benefit of cardboard and a lattice of wood over paper and solid wood for absorption and air flow #bagsabbatical #digitalhumanities
These rooms have seen better days but it’s a real tragedy we’re losing them because nobody is going to build something like this again
October 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
These rooms have seen better days but it’s a real tragedy we’re losing them because nobody is going to build something like this again
Because I love a Timelapse. A little over two hours in a minute and fifteen seconds
October 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Because I love a Timelapse. A little over two hours in a minute and fifteen seconds
I am done. It took about 2 hours to weave once I had the warp set up. Not perfect but very satisfying!
October 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I am done. It took about 2 hours to weave once I had the warp set up. Not perfect but very satisfying!
Two hours later. I have about 20 minutes left to finish but my body is very loudly saying that’s it for today. Going to definitely look up how to deal with the ends to make them even. Moving to a standing desk at the end (thanks to makerspace staff who converted one for me) also was very helpful
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Two hours later. I have about 20 minutes left to finish but my body is very loudly saying that’s it for today. Going to definitely look up how to deal with the ends to make them even. Moving to a standing desk at the end (thanks to makerspace staff who converted one for me) also was very helpful
About two hours into learning how to set up a loom. Absolutely destroyed my back already!
October 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
About two hours into learning how to set up a loom. Absolutely destroyed my back already!
these are really amazing and a good example of how artists are using (and have been for a long time) machine learning for art sofiacrespo.com/temporally-u...
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
these are really amazing and a good example of how artists are using (and have been for a long time) machine learning for art sofiacrespo.com/temporally-u...
This is short but I waited until I had some attention to read this and I’m very glad I did - Libraries provide descriptive power and LLMs are an exploitative power. librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/09/20/l...
September 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is short but I waited until I had some attention to read this and I’m very glad I did - Libraries provide descriptive power and LLMs are an exploitative power. librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/09/20/l...
Last test for today is on muslin using the same plastic situation, and also got slightly bumped which may have shifted things and impacted resolution. Going to go back and try increasing saturation on muslin to see if it’s more like canvas and build some acrylic frames to hold everything down.
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Last test for today is on muslin using the same plastic situation, and also got slightly bumped which may have shifted things and impacted resolution. Going to go back and try increasing saturation on muslin to see if it’s more like canvas and build some acrylic frames to hold everything down.
Two more tests. The first on cotton muslin looks great and is more detailed than the canvas, but I like the pixelated effect of the canvas. Second is on watercolour paper but is foggy as I tried exposing it under plastic to protect it from the wind but it trapped moisture inside which created clouds
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Two more tests. The first on cotton muslin looks great and is more detailed than the canvas, but I like the pixelated effect of the canvas. Second is on watercolour paper but is foggy as I tried exposing it under plastic to protect it from the wind but it trapped moisture inside which created clouds
Turns out cyanotypes work so much better when you have the right kind of light! Test of 30 minutes overcast sun exposure on 100%cotton canvas.
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Turns out cyanotypes work so much better when you have the right kind of light! Test of 30 minutes overcast sun exposure on 100%cotton canvas.
Some photos from yesterday, including using building wrap to do some prototyping and taking all the plants we had gathered out of the press and doing some test cyanotypes, during which we learned that my grow lights are not UV lights 😒 but the sun still works.
September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Some photos from yesterday, including using building wrap to do some prototyping and taking all the plants we had gathered out of the press and doing some test cyanotypes, during which we learned that my grow lights are not UV lights 😒 but the sun still works.
Took 35 minutes to recover this mesh from an old backpack. Going to take a long time to get all the materials out. Would be easier to just cut the seams off but seems (don’t do it) like cheating to me. #bagsabbatical
September 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Took 35 minutes to recover this mesh from an old backpack. Going to take a long time to get all the materials out. Would be easier to just cut the seams off but seems (don’t do it) like cheating to me. #bagsabbatical
The only “freedom trucks” I recognize
September 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The only “freedom trucks” I recognize
I find Haraway’s writing so incredibly rich and generative and I’m amazed that this two-decade old paragraph that reaches back to ideas back another two decades feels so relevant for the present technological moment
September 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I find Haraway’s writing so incredibly rich and generative and I’m amazed that this two-decade old paragraph that reaches back to ideas back another two decades feels so relevant for the present technological moment
Starting to build the methodology bag. I’m still a few weeks away from being able to share the various inspirations in a coherent way as I work through how best to do that (thinking of a digital garden) but fun to show these with no context maybe?
September 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Starting to build the methodology bag. I’m still a few weeks away from being able to share the various inspirations in a coherent way as I work through how best to do that (thinking of a digital garden) but fun to show these with no context maybe?
For one of my sabbatical bags I’m reusing materials from old bags and my wife gave me her ~2000s incredibly over engineered Lululemon backpack she used during her MFA, which has dedicated pockets for a camera, a wallet, and a palm pilot!
September 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For one of my sabbatical bags I’m reusing materials from old bags and my wife gave me her ~2000s incredibly over engineered Lululemon backpack she used during her MFA, which has dedicated pockets for a camera, a wallet, and a palm pilot!
Some additional pictures plus everything press-able being pressed.
September 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some additional pictures plus everything press-able being pressed.
Spent the morning foraging at one of our favourite places and now separating and preparing materials. These are going to turned into cyanotypes on fabric a “bag for learning place” #bagsabbatical
September 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Spent the morning foraging at one of our favourite places and now separating and preparing materials. These are going to turned into cyanotypes on fabric a “bag for learning place” #bagsabbatical
Perhaps the last glacial head dunk of 2025?
August 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Perhaps the last glacial head dunk of 2025?
Swam in an alpine lake today. Our third year in a row hiking Eva and Miller in Revelstoke National Park. Third year playing the fool.
August 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Swam in an alpine lake today. Our third year in a row hiking Eva and Miller in Revelstoke National Park. Third year playing the fool.
Sparrow, Robert, and Gene Flenady. “Bullshit Universities: The Future of Automated Education.” AI & SOCIETY, April 2, 2025. doi.org/10.1007/s001....
August 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Sparrow, Robert, and Gene Flenady. “Bullshit Universities: The Future of Automated Education.” AI & SOCIETY, April 2, 2025. doi.org/10.1007/s001....