Thanks Barry which would leave him the possibility of also doing a lot of postcards and suares with circular holes in!!or even sort of triangular bits Thanks felt they had to be biggish P squared P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Barry Alpert Sent: 08 December 2006 23:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Snap That Process Patrick, I'm fairly certain he starts applying acrylic paint to a 96 inch by 48 inch surface. Then he either cuts it into two 48 inch by 48 inch squares, or carves two circles out, each with a diameter of 45 inches. On other occasions he extracts as many as 8 equally-sized circles from a 96 inch by 48 inch unit of synthetic board. Barry