Field Recording #8

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Identify the location of the clip – Emily Lowe Hall Room 216 on drafting desk

Identify the sounds heard in the clip – This recording was taken as Geena was working on a piece of art work in the studio and she was peeling off the masking fluid she was using. In the clip you can first hear the sound of Geena brushing off all stray eraser marks from her paper and then feeling to make sure all paint is throughly dry. After this you can distinctly hear her using her pointer finger against the ridges of the watercolor paper to find an end of the dried up masking fluid. Finally she finds a loose end and gets it started. From this point you can hear the masking fluid peel off and stretch as it is removed from the paper. The masking fluid, once dry, is very elastic and stretches to be about four times longer than its original length when pulled. you can very distinctly hear the nature of this material as it is peeled back from the paper. It sort of sounds like stretchy tape being peeled back. As the clip continues you can hear the scratching and peeling sequence play once more. 

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