Ceenoa

So, here is the start of my second creation in this irregular “semi-regular” post series.

(Yes, that sounds confusing to me too – best just accept that I will randomly post stuff when I feel the urge to do so, with no set pattern or regularity, even though I may have alluded to the fact that I would, in fact, do so on a semi-regular basis!)

These posts seem to need the “stream of consiousness” approach to how the pieces start to be created, so get ready for the dot points:

• • decide I need to create something
  • look around my work space to see what is waiting for “inspiration”
  • select a 2/3 finished project that has been gathering dust on the bench for months
  • celebrate the fact that this project needs wood, and thus, a trip to my local supplier is required
    • note: it is always important to justify my emerging addiction
  • go to The Wood Guys and appreciate all the gorgeous timber
  • touch the timber
  • smell the timber
  • feast my eyes on the timber – the knots, burls, grains, colours and textures
  • let my soul free to find the weird shapes, the cracked, broken and void filled remnants of a living entity, that I am so drawn to
    • (yes, I get a bit carried way, but have you ever, truly, looked a beautiful piece of raw timber to appreciate it – you really, really should)
  • sadly accept that I cannot buy all of the timber
    • – I CANNOT!
  • buy more than I need for the current project, because, you know, timber is GOOD.
  • drive home, savouring the aroma of raw timber lingering in your personal space.
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  • change your mind about what you are going to create first, and go completely off plan!
  • start all the boring prep work
  • sand all the raggedy bits – but not TOO much – I like the character of them
  • chop them in half, and arrange them till i get something I think will work
  • lay them on acrylic sheet and mark out the size for the form

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  • measure, cut and sand pine boards to sizes to form the boxwork
  • curl up in chair exhausted (but satsified at the progress made)
  • daydream of wood, and it’s future melding with resin

………..  to be continued