Day 2
5 hrs.
Last night I started coughing uncontrollably, didn't sleep well, woke up with a crooked neck... (the complaining continues). Turns out I inhaled a lot of clay particles yesterday because I did not heed Patrice's warning to never work with dry clay. So my lungs hurt, my stomach hurts, the knots plaguing my back hurt, my chest muscles are shot. And I'm tired.
However––after finishing my designs, I made what Pete thinks will be the "centerpiece" of my dress. A bodice of aluminum cans with soda tabs wired together to cover the cleavage. I also cut the net I found to make the straps and I'll string more tabs in the squares as decoration.*
So the bodice is all cut out and riveted, the straps and tabs are ready to be attached, and the rest of my materials are collected (mostly (I'm still searching for 6-pack rings)). Then I went to finish my cardboard chair––oh wait, someone has ripped off two of the legs because it looked like trash! There goes an hour or so of my work. If there's anything I don't enjoy, it's a set-back. I feel like I'm playing "Candyland" or "Chutes and Ladders." Why did I land on the evil licorice-man or the slide?
With all my whining and misery, two things stick out that make today wonderful: Pete's eclectic music taste and Jolie Hughes saving my butt at the Tracy Memorial Library since the Viandier library-card is in Mexico. The book I got is called "Don't Throw it Out: Recycle, Renew, and Reuse to Make Things Last" by Lori Baird. It's a fantastic book filled with projects and techniques to keep your car, fridge, clothes, etc. last longer and how to repair them if they do wear down (or how to up-cycle them into something entirely different). I highly recommend it for anyone who is living in the 21st century (that's you).
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Throw-Out-Recycle-Things/dp/1594865779
*(I will post photos tomorrow if I can get a camera.)
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