So the first test run of the Bus was at AS220’s Foo Fest. Students From New Urban Arts Summer Zine Team dreamt up the Zine Factory- A one day submission to publishion machine! From 1 until 5:30 we were asking folks to make a page in response to the question- Where have you been? Where are you going? Throughout that time students were screenprinting two color covers for the book. We recieved 64 submissions and at 5:30 we revved up the copier that AS220’s Community Printshop had kindly lent us for the day. Sometime around 8ish we had succesfully completed and distributed 27 finished zines to folks who made submissions. We were all spent and wide eyed with the sense of accomplishment.

The rest of the edition is complete and will be available at New Urban Arts. A couple of copies will travel, so let me know if you are interested!

NUA at Foo Fest

Cj and the interior of the Zine Factory

This child drove his car up and down the bus.

Copying.

Zine covers printed on vintage AS220 calendars.

The exterior workstation of the Zine factory.

Making pages for the Zine.

Printing covers.

Printing and Chopping covers.

Have you ever met Chris Ryan, he is un-assuming and extraordinary.

Night time hero.

I was driving the Bus downtown late on the eve of Foo Fest. . . well after the bars closed. He was riding his bicycle west and he immediately signed on to helping me get the photocopier from the AS220 printshop.

A beautiful sight.

Not only did this adventure include the hilarity of us rolling a photo copier down the center of Mathewson St, but it included some super human dexterity and perseverance to push the copier up the jenky plywood ramp I had slapped together.

An important note, while Chris Ryan is well deserving of a post all his own, I would like to put on the record that all persons featured within these webpages are extraordinary people.

So the bus needed some work on the rear lights. Meg Turner and I hunkered down with the mess and scratched our heads like the silly silly greasy greasy print monkeys we are. . . and underwent a basic training in automotive wiring.

Hot tip from my dad- before you take everything apart, take a photo.

Here we go!

Lesson Learned- At each step along the way, take more.

It was useful to refer back to the way things were, but as we made changes that original photo became outdated, so next time- more photos as we go!

Print making electrical superstar.

Once all the lights were in working order it was off to the Gas Station to fill tank #1 up with diesel.  With lights and fuel, the bus was ready for a stop at Foo-Fest!

At the pump.

Tatyana

Me.

In order to get ready for the Bus’s big public debut at Foo Fest much work had to be done including giving the exterior a semi-comleted new paint job. Thanks to Hardware in the Square for hooking up the great paint deal. Really big thanks to Ian and Mere for hanging out and being really meticulous brush masters.

Paint highs and lows.

Berfore. . .

Two tone, maybe some gold detailing?

Green sections complete, waiting for a brown stripe.

So, the old floor in the bus had gotten a lil greasy. . . It has a certain charm, one I kinda wanted to perserve, but also tighten up a little. Walker, Mikey, Jay, and Lizy came over one day and helped to rip up the old floor boards and give the interior a quick re-paint.

Walker with the pry bar.

Lizy pulling out loose staples and screws.

Mikey being a total pro.

Jay, standing around looking, he did a whole bunch of stuff, but in this photo he is done doing.

Next, I began going through and re-milling the old floorboards and salvaging more wood to fill out the gaps.

I like piles and stacks.

Wood chips are so beautiful.

A different type of pretty pile.

Nails!

A new floor with glimpses of the past surface.

So, yeah I bought a bus. I am gonna travel in it. I don’t have a name for anything. But this is gonna be all about flying forward at 60 mph, cuz that’s as fast as I can go.

This is it!!!!

check out Sight Seen under the filling the days section. . . there is some photos of a bus and folks working on it, that’s the bus.

okay okay here we go!