Breathe
Ooh I’m bad. I went to Craft Warehouse to buy a tool, I was at Wally World to buy poly-fil. Either place I could have bought the paint I need to finish the table– for some reason I had a little too much focus on the eyelet punch and poly-fil (usually my problem is buying more craft supplies than I need– not forgetting to buy them.)
We went to the dump, I think it’s such a shame that we can only leave our garbage there. Wouldn’t it be cool if people could pay a fee and take a few useful things? I know there’s Freecycle.org (hey, I’m a local list owner for Freecycle)– it does keep lots of worthwhile goods from the landfills, but it would be really nice to give the stuff just one last chance.
Next time we go to the dump I’m bringing the camera, even if I can’t take anything but pictures for inspiration, there is some fascinating juxtaposition. There was a giant teddy bear dirty and laying over bits of broken furniture and trash, there was a bent and twisted yellow tricycle not too far away, piles of brush neatly lined up next to 2x4s in a loose and sloppy stack– like a sick before and after testimonial. The discarded appliances looked so sad in their corral, like old worn down horses waiting for the glue factory truck, tucked tightly and nervously standing near together for comfort.
I have a seriously creepy imagination, I half expected cowboys (stoveboys) to come riding up on 4-wheelers and start herding those poor appliances.
Anyway, I discovered that my theme for the moment seems to be frays and unfinishing. This is a denim pocket that I made yesterday, note the perfectly mitred corner– some things are just instinctual, expecting me to *not* mitre corners is like expecting cats to treat humans with respect. But the top of the inner flap is raw (although again, expecting me to not put some kind of control in there is against man and nature, I did put a straight stitch about 3/8ths in down in order to keep the fraying in check.
Okay, I did manage to relax a little bit when making an organizer for my cutting tools. Note that the seams are all unfinished (even on the ruffle. I can’t wait until it’s been through the wash a few times to fuzzy up.
The faces are paper mache (newspaper and argo laundry starch) and polymer clay.