Canisters, books and projects....
Projects is really the key point...
Over the last couple of weeks, I've had some neighbor issues which have caused me to get rather "jumpy" on certain matters and although said neighbors have been evicted, I still am not on top of stuff. I was until they arrived back over the w/end to collect more of their stuff.
But before that around Friday of last week, I started to feel I was "mending" and that's when I decided that if the world wide crisis was to make my life miserable I would start on a list of "what I could make/do"
Whilst I was sorting out some other stuff before "Jumpiness" arrived, like I was putting things off the floor in one room, on to shelves that were basically empty. I found some old kitchen canisters that I had started to refurbish when I was at art school...
By the time I came back to them the other week, there weren't many buttons, but I have other things...including baubles, plastic lizards, coins, beads....I think quite a few keys.
Now working on another of the notebooks that I'm making into mini Art Books - this one came about when I was splashing paint around the other week. I had made a paper look like it was "wood" - so I thought well how about a "book about wood" - got into this morning, and here are a couple of pages underway...the paper is mostly p/copied from a book about Heirloom wood crafts...
And also on the table is a mini bowl that is being made from a knitted cord which I have wired...still very much WIP
And then there is another "book art piece" which isn't a book...I'll maybe need to take another trip to Bunnings for some more coloured spray paint...
AND THE LIST of making goes on....
Over the last couple of weeks, I've had some neighbor issues which have caused me to get rather "jumpy" on certain matters and although said neighbors have been evicted, I still am not on top of stuff. I was until they arrived back over the w/end to collect more of their stuff.
But before that around Friday of last week, I started to feel I was "mending" and that's when I decided that if the world wide crisis was to make my life miserable I would start on a list of "what I could make/do"
Whilst I was sorting out some other stuff before "Jumpiness" arrived, like I was putting things off the floor in one room, on to shelves that were basically empty. I found some old kitchen canisters that I had started to refurbish when I was at art school...
And also on the table is a mini bowl that is being made from a knitted cord which I have wired...still very much WIP
And then there is another "book art piece" which isn't a book...I'll maybe need to take another trip to Bunnings for some more coloured spray paint...
AND THE LIST of making goes on....
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Love those canisters. Very clever with all the bits and pieces attached to them.
Yep, loving using up scrap...somehow I've a lot of metal/plastic supplies from various avenue...
It was so bad that once this one 'family' moved, the cops drove by and happened to see Roger in his workshop and they backed up and was teasing him and asked him if we missed our neighbors. There were kids involved and it was such a sad situation...but enough about that.
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I love what you done with the cannisters...and love your books! You are so talented.
However, when caught out...you feel right vulnerable. Thank goodness for "making"...
Yes, I love making things...today not doing terribly much other than checking into uTube vids and blogs. But I did see an idea about to fix the knitted bowl idea I have on the workbench.
YOU are what my favorite English saying from the second world war is all about.
Keep Calm and Carry On!
so very glad to know you're in this world. stay well! xo
tammy j: I'm not always calm, I swear a lot at times :-) but yes I know what you mean.
All: it's Wednesday, I was supposed to be socializing with a pal, not seen since late last year but it's postponed to next week. So I'm off to the city and the Arcade group - stopping along the way to do some shopping. NZers are not in lock down mode as there has only been cases of people returning from overseas hotspots.
The big issue here about all this is that there is to be a lack of tourists including no cruise ships (usually Ak port has up to 3 tied up daily and the other ports as well) plus if you come in from anywhere (air) except PI - you are epxected to self-isolate - already 2 travellers have been arrested for refusing and could be deported...
Cargo etc will still land ...
that is an issue for the local economy which is going to need gov'tmental $ to shore it up...
Anyway ALL keep as safe as possible your personal journeys are not over :-)
Your work is looking lovely Catherine. The good thing about this virus is that we have time and permission to just create!
Yes there is much time to create...
but without certain other necessities like car to whizz off to get something locally AND no real time "coming here, OR asking on messenger or phone do you need anything..." that's the biggest bugbear. What I think is happening is something we often see in clubs/groups when "everyone thinks someone else is taking care of xyz"
I can actually manage but it's that extra that I would really like to have happen...
I just had a entertaining chat with a good pal on messenger - when I said I valued his opinion and would it be okay for me to trip away to SI for a month? His answer was basically "no stay home, avoid all public transport..."
those last two words were the "straw that broke the camels back for me..."
err and how do you propose I get around say further than local hub, that I can walk to/from...that's when the penny obviously dropped that I didn't have wheels.
I walked down to the hub this morning, took 2 buses into the city (stopped off at art store) and then 2 buses back when I was too tired to walk back up the hill. After each time I got off, took out my sanitiser and used it before I walked on to wherever...
I'm doing the best I can with my self-resources...
And I've just stitched together some interesting papery oddments, more later on what I propose to do with them...but it's quite fun!
if I had a TV, yes a good project...My TV is my laptop. And yes I do knit the odd thing when I'm watching TV-on demand or similar.
I don't knit anything much that is wearable - I tend to make objects that might cover a hole or it's solely for my art creativity.
Already made for a project that I've not quite got sorted out with - is another form of knitting I mindless make. Maybe I will get onto that project soon. It is ready to put together but it's not very big. I was making a bit of a sample to see if it would work.