The Holidays are coming! The Holidays are coming!
While Halloween is a sort of Holiday, it's mostly a time and energy sink.
Turkey Day and Present Day, however, are relaxing and a good time to catch up with friends and family.
I was able to clean the garage over the weekend. THAT took some work. The kiln is set up, and I got a new extension cord that can handle the amperage. That sucker is going to pull 12 amps out of what should be a 15 amp circuit. I'll have to turn the Halogens off during kiln time!
I poked and prodded the Precious Metal Clay a bit, too -- it's fairly soft and quite sticky. But you can use vegetable oil to lubricate your fingers and tools during use, and that works pretty good.
I also did some test sculpturing in Sculpey. I suck! Well, it actually went okay. It would be easier if the media was stiffer, to make smaller details easier to work.
I'm thinking I'll do the basic form with soft PMC then let it dry. It's supposed to dry "leathery". Then I can use additional PMC to round it out, and then dry that. Finally, I can do smoothing and details in the "hard" piece, then fire it.
We have some PMC paper, too, which is REALLY neat. A bit thick for origami work, not to mention darned small, but neat. I have some ideas for that stuff.
I'm looking forward to the first firing.
During the weekend, I also finished updating the Haunt section of this website, so drop in there and look at the pretty pictures!
Posted by Edwin at November 22, 2004 10:44 AM